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'Spent more on dog than employee's salary'; Serious allegations of exploitation against Hinduja family, case registered
Hinduja Row: Referring to a budget document titled 'Pets', prosecutor Yves Bertossa told the court that a female employee was paid the equivalent of seven Swiss francs (7.84 dollars) for working 15 to 18 hours a day, seven days a week. He said this is less than the amount of 8,584 Swiss francs spent by the family on the dog in a year.
The affluent Hinduja family has been accused of exploiting domestic servants at their Lake Geneva property, seizing their passports and paying them $8 for 15-18 hours of labour. A human trafficking trial against four members of the Hinduja family began in Switzerland on Monday, only days before three plaintiffs withdrew civil charges against the family.
The lawsuit claims that the billionaire family stole their employees' passports and refused to let anyone leave the residence without authorization. They were compensated for their labour in India, so they didn't have Swiss cash when they visited Lake Geneva, Bloomberg said.
According to the report, a prosecutor accused the Hinduja brothers of spending more on their pet dog than on an employee. Referring to a budget document titled 'Pets', prosecutor Yves Bertossa told the court that a female employee was paid the equivalent of seven Swiss francs ($7.84) for working 15 to 18 hours a day, seven days a week. He said this was less than the 8,584 Swiss francs the family spent on the dog in a year.
