Mrluvaluva
08-02-2007, 08:56 AM
Grom todays Sun:
BIG Bruv star Shilpa Shetty faces court in India accused of underpaying women workers at her family’s factory.
Investigators claim staff at the bottle-top plant were paid just 86 rupee — one pound — a day. The minimum wage is 110 rupee.
Men were also being paid more than female workers, which breaks employment laws.
If the Bollywood star is found guilty, she faces a fine of between 500 and 2,000 rupee for each worker.
Shilpa, dad Surendra and mum Sunanda are directors of Esco Closures and have been named in papers filed by investigators.
The family has run the plant since 1982.
They employ 16 staff, including ten women, 40 miles from Mumbai.
Authorities said the family had failed to reply to correspondence about the probe and could face arrest.
BIG Bruv star Shilpa Shetty faces court in India accused of underpaying women workers at her family’s factory.
Investigators claim staff at the bottle-top plant were paid just 86 rupee — one pound — a day. The minimum wage is 110 rupee.
Men were also being paid more than female workers, which breaks employment laws.
If the Bollywood star is found guilty, she faces a fine of between 500 and 2,000 rupee for each worker.
Shilpa, dad Surendra and mum Sunanda are directors of Esco Closures and have been named in papers filed by investigators.
The family has run the plant since 1982.
They employ 16 staff, including ten women, 40 miles from Mumbai.
Authorities said the family had failed to reply to correspondence about the probe and could face arrest.