Wait, I Get Paid Overtime For This?

A maid in Atherton is suing her former employers for not paying her wages owed for working over 40 hours a week. Vilma Serralta, 69, worked for her employers for four years where she would "scrub bathrooms, wash windows, vacuum, mop and dust the 9,000-square foot home, cook, serve meals, hand wash china and silver, launder and iron clothes, and bathe, dress and supervise the couple's young daughter," according the Gate.

Serralta, who was a live-in maid for Sakhawat and Roomy Khan of Atherton, claims she was unaware of California state laws mandating overtime pay and was never informed of the law by her employers. She often worked 14-hour days for six days a week, "without overtime pay or breaks." Serralta was paid $1,000 to $1,300 a month for her services.

The suit asks for unpaid wages, liquidated damages and penalties, which Serralta's attorney Christina Chung of the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center estimated could approach $120,000. It does not claim punitive damages.

No punitive damages to boot? Sounds fair enough to us. Especially given this extra piece of information the Gate dug up:

... the Khan's home, which is currently listed for sale with an asking price of $17.9 million. County records describe the residence as having 6 bedrooms and 6.5 bathrooms. The 1.8 acre property includes a pool, a tennis court and a two-story guest house, according to real estate listings, which describe it as a "grand estate."

Shouldn't be hard to dig out $120,000 out from under that $17.9 mil, should it? Pocket change, my dears. Pocket change.

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