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Filipino Nurses Lose Employment Battle
Two separate decisions by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Philippines Overseas Employment Administration defeated the cause of 26 Filipino nurses who claimed that their employer, SentosaCare, had committed worker violations.
On August 31 the Justice Department's Office of the Special Counsel for Immigration-related Unfair Employment Practices dismissed the nurses' complaint that Sentosa Care discriminated against them. On September 4, the Philippines Overseas Employment Administration threw out the nurses' claims that Sentosa tricked them into emigrating under false pretenses.
Ten of the nurses now face indictment in Long Island , New York due to their resignation, which SentosaCare says endangered the lives of its patients. The nurses’ attorney also faces charges for encouraging their resignation.
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