Wednesday, July 22, 2009
FILIPINO NURSES LOSE BIAS CLAIM
There are new developments in the messy case of two dozen Filipino nurses in Long Island who have been in a dispute with their employer. According to Newsday:
In two separate June 30 rulings, Administrative Law Judge Ellen K. Thomas of the Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer in Falls Church, Va., which decides immigrant employment cases, rejected the nurses' claims, saying the resignations were not protected by federal immigration employment law.
The Justice Department also rejected the nurses' claims in 2007.
Thomas ruled that SentosaCare's complaints to the State Education Department and its lawsuits were not retaliatory because they were filed before company officials knew that the nurses had filed Justice Department complaints. She said there was no evidence that SentosaCare "caused" the indictment of the Avalon nurses.
"The judge factually rebutted every contention made by the nurses," said Elizabeth Hack, a Washington, D.C., attorney for SentosaCare.
Dennis Feliciano, the nurses' immigration attorney, said he was disappointed Thomas ruled without a hearing. He said he was considering an appeal to the federal court system.
# posted by Greg Siskind @ 6:08 AM
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In two separate June 30 rulings, Administrative Law Judge Ellen K. Thomas of the Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer in Falls Church, Va., which decides immigrant employment cases, rejected the nurses' claims, saying the resignations were not protected by federal immigration employment law.
The Justice Department also rejected the nurses' claims in 2007.
Thomas ruled that SentosaCare's complaints to the State Education Department and its lawsuits were not retaliatory because they were filed before company officials knew that the nurses had filed Justice Department complaints. She said there was no evidence that SentosaCare "caused" the indictment of the Avalon nurses.
"The judge factually rebutted every contention made by the nurses," said Elizabeth Hack, a Washington, D.C., attorney for SentosaCare.
Dennis Feliciano, the nurses' immigration attorney, said he was disappointed Thomas ruled without a hearing. He said he was considering an appeal to the federal court system.
# posted by Greg Siskind @ 6:08 AM
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