Hong Kong domestic worker fired after cancer diagnosis dies

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HONG KONG: A Filipina who was sacked as a domestic worker in Hong Kong after being diagnosed with cancer - a case that exposed the vulnerability ...

Baby Jane Allas, a Filipina domestic worker who was sacked in Hong Kong after she was diagnosed with cancer, has died from a separate medical condition. HONG KONG: A Filipina who was sacked as a domestic worker in Hong Kong after being diagnosed with cancer - a case that exposed the vulnerability of low-paid foreign workers - has passed away, a friend confirmed on Wednesday .

Allas was awarded HK$30,000 in damages from her former employer - who hailed from a wealthy Hong Kong family of Pakistani origin - for sickness allowance, medical fees and wages in lieu of notice.Advertisement Cutrera, who also employs Allas' sister, said the family hoped to continue pursuing the discrimination case"on behalf of her estate".

 

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