KINGSTON, Jamaica — A lawsuit has been filed in the Corporate Area Court accusing prominent Resident Magistrate Stephanie Jackson-Haisley of breaching the Minimum Wage Act and failing to turn over thousands of dollars due to an employee.

Jackson Haisley’s domestic helper, Paulette Wellington filed the suit in the civil division of the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate Court on Sutton Street downtown Kingston.

Wellington filed papers in court on November 3 this year, where she alleged that the RM employed her between October 2013 and February 2014.

Wellington said she had been underpaid and has been unsuccessful in her efforts to collect thousands of dollars owed to her by RM Haisley.

She also stated that she had obtained an assessment from the Ministry of Labour and Social Security on October 31, 2014.

The assessment, which was also filed in court, suggested that Wellington was underpaid for a period of her employment to RM Jackson-Haisley

According to the Labour Ministry, Jackson-Haisley and her husband possibly underpaid their employee an amount totaling between $30,000 and $90,000.

The Labour Ministry cited the National Minimum Wage order as the authority for its finding.

The monetary dispute was brought before Resident Magistrate Fiona Feare-Gregory on Friday and postponed until February 9 next year.