Prosecutors claimed four members of family paid staff a pittance and gave them little freedom to leave Geneva mansion
Prosecutors claimed four members of family underpaid staff and gave them little freedom to leave Geneva mansionLast modified on Fri 21 Jun 2024 19.27 CESTA Swiss court has handed jail sentences to four members of Britain’s richest family for exploiting Indian staff at their Geneva mansion.
The case stemmed from the family’s practice of bringing servants from their native India and included accusations of confiscating the staff’s passports once they had arrived inProsecutors argued that the Hindujas paid their staff a pittance and gave them little freedom to leave the house. The family denied the allegations, claiming the prosecutors wanted to “do in the Hindujas”.
In his closing address, the prosecutor accused the family of abusing the “asymmetrical situation” between powerful employer and vulnerable employee to save money.
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