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Live-In Domestic Worker Wins Settlement in Federal Lawsuit Against Wealthy Bay Area Couple
For four years Vilma Serralta, a 71-year-old immigrant from El Salvador, worked more than 80 hours a week as a live-in housekeeper and nanny in the nearly 10,000-square foot Atherton home of Silicon Valley entrepreneur Sakhawat Khan and his wife Roomy, a private investor. Yet they paid Ms. Serralta a monthly salary equivalent to between $3 and $4 per hour - far below the minimum wage at the time of $6.75 per hour. Ms. Serralta, who was regularly required to work 14 hours a day, six days a week, received no overtime pay
For four years Vilma Serralta, a 71-year-old immigrant from El Salvador, worked more than 80 hours a week as a live-in housekeeper and nanny in the nearly 10,000-square foot Atherton home of Silicon Valley entrepreneur Sakhawat Khan and his wife Roomy, a private investor. Yet they paid Ms. Serralta a monthly salary equivalent to between $3 and $4 per hour - far below the minimum wage at the time of $6.75 per hour. Ms. Serralta, who was regularly required to work 14 hours a day, six days a week, received no overtime pay
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