[lupire]

What happens is that the capitalists threaten or actually them to compel them to stay at work and to prevent them from taking other jobs, claiming they the unpaid nurse (but not the capitalist!) has a legal obligation to care for patients.

[Tangurena2]

One of the threats frequently used against nurses is to report them to the state licensing agency for "patient abandonment". This threat is frequently made whenever a nurse tries to resign - even with 2 week's notice (even though state licensing agencies say that resignation is not patient abandonment). This threat is also made whenever a nurse is forced to work overtime.

https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/what-patient-abandon...

[ftth_finland]

Do not such threats amount to libel or slander?