Luz Vidal, president of the SINTRACAP union which represents 500 nannies, is seen outside the house where she works to talk whit Reuters after Chilean government announced a total quarantine for wealthy areas of the capital Santiago, following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Santiago, Chile March 30, 2020. Picture taken March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - When the Chilean government announced a total quarantine last week for the wealthy eastern areas of capital Santiago where cases of coronavirus were most prevalent, Maria De Leon, a 31-year-old nanny, was presented with an unenviable choice.
"My employer called me and told me that I had three options: one, that I go to live at work for three months with the same salary; two, that I only work 15 days a month for half the salary or three, that I say goodbye," she said.
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