Sexual discrimination victim receives compensation – in coins
Published: 30 July, 2009, 10:27
One hundred sacks with coins – that’s what a woman in the Russian city of Tomsk received as compensation for her being fired from her job.
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Published: 30 July, 2009, 10:27
One hundred sacks with coins – that’s what a woman in the Russian city of Tomsk received as compensation for her being fired from her job.