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Indian worker awarded $200,000

Silicon Valley Dec. 20. A United States federal jury in San Francisco has awarded $200,000 in damages to an undocumented Indian worker after he filed a complaint that his uncle, the former boss, refused to pay him for more than three years and instead fired him.

Macan Singh filed for emotional distress and punitive damages after his uncle, Charanjit Jutla, made him work for 12 hours a day, seven days a week for three-and-half years without pay from 1995.

When Mr. Singh(33) demanded money in early 1998, he was dismissed by his employer. Mr. Singh Jutla, then filed a complaint with the California Labour Commissioner and received a modest settlement.

However, a day after agreeing to a $70,000 settlement for back pay, his uncle handed Mr. Singh over to the Immigration and Naturalization Services officials and tried to have him deported.

He served 15 months in detention.

— PTI

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