The right treatment of an employer to his/her employee is easy to practice. It has to be humane. Unfortunately, some bosses find it hard to fathom labor rights and they overide them, treating their employees like animals. A Chinese national brought to the US for work had to endure her master's iron fist and suffer physically at a country many people think would help them reach their dreams.
Fox News reports a Minnesota woman, 35-year-old Lili Huang who is facing five felony counts including labor trafficking, false imprisonment and assault after police found her employed Chinese nanny, 58, in the streets. The nanny wanted to go back to China after working nonstop for 18 hours a day with only crackers as food and without the agreed pay.
The Chinese woman, unidentified by the police, flew to the U.S. last March and found work as the nanny of the Huangs and the family's housekeeper. She was in charge of child care, cooking and cleaning. When she was taken to United Hospital in St. Paul for check-up, many broken bones were found. A bag of her hair was also found tucked under her pillow which Huang reportedly pulled out from her head (via Fox News).
She finally had the guts to run away from her abusive boss when the latter threatened to kill her with a knife. It was the first time she left the Huang home because she wasn't allowed to for the past months that she had been working as their nanny.
According to Daily Mail, the Chinese national had already worked for Huang's family in Shanghai. The family would pay her $890 a month in her Chinese bank account if she agrees to work in Minnesota. Unfortunately, the working conditions were far from ideal and turned out to be the Chinese woman's nightmare.
Regularly, she would be physically assaulted by Lili Huang. The Chinese woman was punched, kicked, thrown to the floor, hit to the tables and beaten until her legs could no longer stand up. She was also made to walk in her hands and knees like a dog for four hours (via Daily Mail).
As per Nanny.org, rights of nannies and other domestic workers, regardless of citizenship, are protected in the U.S. by the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). They must be paid for all the hours they worked, must receive no less than $7.25 per hour, must be taxed, must not be kept away from their identity documents and must not be physically or sexually abused among all else.
Clearly, Lili Huang violated the act when she first laid her hands on the Chinese nanny and decided not to pay her at all for the work that she does. What do you think should be the punishment of Huang for domestic abuse? Comment your thoughts below and follow Parent Herald for more news and updates.
