$40k compensation for 55 years of service...

In cases like this, it’s likely the victim defended the family, and it made it impossible to classify the crime as slavery if she said she was free to leave but “was afraid of the violence outside”, which the article mentioned. It sounds ridiculous but in any court, if you can’t prove something beyond doubt, you cannot punish, which I think is why they ended up with that arrangement.

	▲	rglullis 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		If you ever been to or lived in Fortaleza, "being afraid of the violence outside" is not ridiculous at all.

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forinti 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Minimum wage is about US$300, which would make about US$220k total (you get about 13.3 salaries per year), plus fines and overtime. They'll have to pay social security too. It seems to me that the case doesn't include the labour part of the situation. That might be a separate case.

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tchalla 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> “The signing of this agreement does not rule out the possibility that the worker may pursue individual claims through the courts,” the statement added.

So not only but a start.

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segmondy 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

systemic racism is a thing, bet you there are judges, lawyers, etc that have the same thing going on. many in power do and thus are sympathetic to such causes. it's hard to viciously go after what you are guilt of.

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threethirtytwo 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The crime done here is nearly death penalty levels. Nearly. Jail time for the entire family or stripped of all wealth.

Maybe public humiliation is better, release names and address.

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rglullis 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You are acting like the case is that the girl was kidnapped or taken from their family against their will. Barring extraordinary circumstances, this is far from the truth here. More likely than not, this is the case of some poor family that couldn't take care of the girl and gave her away.

It is a horrible arrangement, and she should be given a lot more than what she is getting (at the very least, she should be given backpay + pension equivalent to the market rate of her work for all these years), but to treat this case as some sadistic family keeping someone in captivity is overreacting.

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threethirtytwo 4 hours ago | parent [-]

maybe.. but it's very close to "sadistic family". It's very very close. It wasn't slavery, but excruciating close to slavery.

And definitely the punishment given is a complete under-reaction and your attempt here to lighten the situation lightens it way too much.

	▲	rglullis 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		If it was as bad as you are claiming it to be, she wouldn't stay with the family before the investigation, yet everyone deemed better to let her stay with the family even after the sentence was given.

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cindyllm 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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