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Asian Network,3 mins

Caste case: 'I worked all day and all night'

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A woman recruited from India to be a domestic servant for a family in the UK, and who was awarded almost £184,000 in unpaid wages after being paid 11p an hour, has told the Asian Network she worked "all day and all night". Last month a ground breaking employment tribunal found Permila Tirkey, 39, had been discriminated against because of her "low caste." Shabnam Mahmood reports.

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