Elizabeth Hurley’s former maid alleges being overworked and underpaid. She claims she worked all day for very little money and was fired for no reason. Which begs the question,…why stay? If conditions are so terrible, why are you there? Certainly there are other places with toilets in need of scrubbing. I’m always hearing about these maids and nannies working for evil celebrities who pay little or no money and expect them to work all hours of the day and night. So why do they stay? It makes no sense to me.
Anyway, the allegations can’t be too far from the truth because Liz offered the maid a reported 5 figure settlement to keep quiet.
Violet D’Souza was due to make the claims about Liz - who has a reported £13 million fortune - and her millionaire husband Arun Nayer at an employment tribunal tomorrow (21.02.08).
However, the case has now been dropped after Violet was offered a five-figure settlement, which prevents her from discussing anything.
Violet claimed she was working up to seven days a week at the couple’s London home, sometimes starting the day at 7.30am and not finishing until 3am the next morning, Britain’s Daily Mirror newspaper reports.
Her chores included cleaning, cooking and babysitting Liz’s five-year-old son Damian.
She allegedly received just £100 a week, which works out between £1.40 and £1.60 an hour, way below the UK minimum wage of £5.52.
Violet - whose main perk was the offer of airline tickets to see her family in India - claimed she was fired last August without notice.
She then visited the Citizens’ Advice Bureau and decided to lodge her complaints.
Violet has now dropped her claims after receiving the payout.
I still don’t get why she didn’t quit if it was so deplorable. Maybe she needed more time to dig up some dirt.
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