'$3 an hour' then sacked via email: Filipina cleaners 'exploited' by Australian employer

By Bianca Hall
Updated April 22 2016 - 6:13am, first published April 21 2016 - 6:24pm
Maricar Virata, at home in Darwin, found herself working up to 18 hours a day and getting paid as little as $3 an hour.  Photo: Glenn Campbell
Maricar Virata, at home in Darwin, found herself working up to 18 hours a day and getting paid as little as $3 an hour. Photo: Glenn Campbell

She came to Australia to start a new life. Instead, Maricar​ Virata​ says, she soon found herself working up to 18 hours a day, was on call 24 hours a day, and was paid as little as $3 an hour for her troubles. Then she was sacked by email when she went home to the Philippines on holiday.

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