Sues ex-boyfriend for uncompensated work at his store, wins €12,500

A woman who sued her former boyfriend for services rendered when she used to help out at his confectionery store, was awarded €12,500 as compensation by a court. The woman was a regular face, putting in an ‘active’ presence at the store managed by her former boyfriend, with whom she had been in a relationship for some 10 years, the court was told. When the two broke up, the woman turned upon her former partner, claiming compensation for all the services rendered at the store on a daily basis for some three years. When he refused, the two ended up in court, where the woman testified how every day, Monday to Sunday, she would go to the shop at 6.30am waiting for the milkman and the baker to deliver their goods. Leaving the shop at around 8am to report for duty at another nearby outlet where she held a full-time job, the woman would return to her boyfriend’s business in the afternoon, staying on until closing time at around 10pm. She said that despite  all her hard work, she never got a cent, adding that she had even taken time off from her regular job to step in for him whenever he went abroad. She also used to accompany him to the Ta’ Qali market on Mondays and Thursdays when he...