Seema Sherghill was forced to work 17.5 hours per day, seven days a week. She was paid just $9 per day
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The Federal Court heard Seema Sherghill's duties included cleaning Mavdeep Suri Singh's eight-bedroom home, preparing meals and gardening. She was only allowed to leave the house when she walked the dog.
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Original Title: Domestic employee of former Indian high commissioner forced to work every day for 17.5 hours and paid just $9 per day. An australian Federal Court has ordered the high commissioner to Australia to pay his employee thousands of dollars in compensation for unpaid wages and unfair working conditions.

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    The Federal Court has ordered India’s former high commissioner to Australia to pay a former domestic employee thousands of dollars in compensation for unpaid wages and unfair working conditions.

    Seema Sherghill arrived in Australia in April 2015, and spent about a year working for then-high commissioner Navdeep Suri Singh at his Canberra home.

    Ms Sherghill had previously worked for Mr Suri while he served as India’s Ambassador to Egypt, but said this was a much different experience, as she was solely responsible for the upkeep of the eight-bedroom house.

    Mr Suri did not appear at the hearing, but Justice Elizabeth Raper granted an order for the case to proceed in his absence.

    Justice Raper found Mr Suri contravened four separate sections of the Fair Work Act.

    “[Ms Sherghill’s] employment conditions bore no resemblance to what one would expect under Australian law,” Justice Raper said.

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