Washington Post: But the real purpose of these arrangements is to use debt obligations to anchor workers in jobs they would otherwise choose to leave, according to Jonathan Harris, associate professor at LMU Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, and a fellow with the Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC). Harris says he’s seeing these kinds of agreements being used in transportation, health-care, retail, construction and service industries — fields with high turnover and often low pay.
Source: Washington Post
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