The Quebec Human Rights Commission has sided with a Filipina live-in caregiver and ordered she be awarded $41,600 in damages by her former employer. It ordered Dasoc-Hilot's former employer to pay her $41,600 in moral and punitive damages. Of that amount, $5,000 is for "an illicit and intentional" violation of Dasoc-Hilot's rights. (CBC)CRARR director Fo Niemi said it's all too common for employers to exploit the federal live-in caregiver program. "These women are very vulnerable, because they are women, they are foreigners and they don't know their rights," Niemi said.

Source: CBC News May 21, 2018 21:56 UTC