A man moved to the U.S. to work as a registered nurse but resigned after several months over safety and ethical concerns about his “grueling” working conditions, federal officials said.
His resignation came too early for Advanced Care Staffing LLC, a nursing agency based in Brooklyn, which requires employees to work for them for at least three years or forces them to repay all they’ve earned, according to officials.
The company demanded Benzor Shem Vidal repay the money he made while working for them for nearly four months — plus more, a complaint filed in federal court on March 20 says.
Now, the U.S. Department of Labor is suing the company and CEO Sam Klein to stop it from making employees sign contracts requiring workers to stay for three years or give up their pay, the agency announced in a news release.
“Federal law forbids employers from clawing back wages earned by employees, for employers’ own benefit,” Solicitor of Labor Seema Nanda said in a statement.
McClatchy News contacted Advanced Care Staffing LLC for comment and didn’t receive a response.
The company’s contracts forced some employees who worked for them less than three years to face private arbitration and pay the company’s “future profits, plus attorneys’ fees and arbitration costs,” officials said. They ended up being paid less than the federal minimum wage rate as a result, according to the DOL.
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