February 14, 2025 News

Berger Montague Sues Conexus Medstaff to Protect Healthcare Workers From Forced Labor Tactics

Berger Montague PC has filed a lawsuit against Conexus MedStaff alleging that Conexus trafficks and forces foreign healthcare workers, who are legally in the United States, to work by abusing the legal system, threatening to collect oppressive monetary penalties of tens of thousands of dollars if workers leave their jobs, and including restrictive and unlawful provisions in their contracts.

“This is indentured servitude,” said Berger Montague Senior Counsel Mariyam Hussain. “Conexus uses bait and switch tactics. They promise foreign healthcare workers the American dream, but instead use threats of ruinous monetary penalties to force them to labor for years for Conexus’ profit,” added Ms. Hussain.

The suit alleges several violations of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

Conexus is a foreign labor recruiter and has recruited thousands of nurses, nursing students, medical technologists, and other healthcare professionals from the Philippines and other countries to work for Conexus across the United States.

Berger Montague is one of the nation’s preeminent law firms focusing on complex civil litigation, class actions, and mass torts in federal and state courts throughout the United States. The firm is active in the fields of antitrust, commercial litigation, consumer protection, defective products, environmental law, employment law, securities, and whistleblower cases, among many other practice areas. For more than 50 years, Berger Montague has played lead roles in precedent-setting cases and has recovered over $50 billion for its clients and the classes they have represented. Berger Montague is headquartered in Philadelphia and has offices in Chicago, Minneapolis, San Diego, San Francisco, Toronto, Washington, D.C., and Wilmington, DE.

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