A former personal assistant to Mariah Carey has filed a lawsuit against the singer for not paying her for working late. According to Page Six, Ylser Oliver, 49, claiming she was forced to work up to 16-hours-a-day, seven days a week without proper meal breaks or any extra money as compensation for her extra hours.
Ylser, who filed legal docs at Manhattan federal court, claims she began working as an assistant for Mariah in March 2007 and her duties included tidying up her Tribeca home in New York and organizing repairs to the property, packing her luggage for trips, tending to her "personal needs," travelling on business trips with Mariah, taking her calls, shopping for her and "caring" for her friends and family.
Ylser quit in June 2014 after becoming disgruntled with the long working hours and lack of payment for the overtime. Her lawyer Matthew Blit said:
"My client put her family's life on hold while tending to Mariah Carey's family, and Mariah repaid her by underpaying her. My client is a very hard-working woman who treated Mariah and her family like her own, working all hours of the day and night. Even celebrities are required to abide by the law."
Ylser is suing Mariah for an undisclosed amount but the suit claims she was entitled to at least time-and-a-half pay for 40 hours a week. Mariah's spokesperson Cindi Berger declined to comment on the lawsuit saying:
"I can't comment on anything that I'm not aware of and we haven't heard anything about this lawsuit."
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