2nd Circuit Reinstates Filipino Hotel Worker’s Forced Labor, Trafficking Claims

Mealey's (August 8, 2019, 10:58 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A Filipino man working in the United States on a temporary guest worker visa raised plausible claims of forced labor and human trafficking based on allegations that his employers threatened to revoke their sponsorship of him if he sought other employment or caused any issues, a Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled July 25, partially reversing a trial court’s dismissal of the lawsuit (Noel P. Adia v. Grandeur Management, Inc., et al., No. 18-2991, 2nd Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 22174)....