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Originally Posted by Incognitas
Mainly because I'm sure none of the locals would have taken the job for those wages so I think your concern for the locals losing out is poorly placed.
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So how many times have we heard about someone taking a company to court for being underpaid by a few hundred, (or whatever they owed) and getting paid £17K?
The only reason this one single case of someone being ripped off came to light, was the press chose to highlight it. Others are in similar situations everyday where they are being treated unfairly by their employer, but who cares about them.
Perhaps they are not getting paid as low as this woman, but does that really matter, an injustice is an injustice and people should be compensated accordingly. Instead this case has compensated one woman extortionatly and many others can go and take a running jump.
It makes no difference to me where this woman comes from or what skin colour she has, I would have exactly the same view if she was a local. One person should not benefit that much whilst others are ignored, its as much a crime as the underpayment.