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16 Feb 2021 11:53AM (Updated:
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SINGAPORE: The Food, Drinks and Allied Workers Union (FDAWU) announced on Tuesday (Feb 16) that it plans to unionise confectionery firm Twelve Cupcakes, which was found to have underpaid foreign employees over about two years.
The union aims to “represent and speak up for the employees, and work with the management to educate on the fair employment legislation and practices, and their responsibilities and care towards their employees’ welfare,” its General Secretary Tan Hock Soon said in a media statement.
SINGAPORE: A representative for confectionery firm Twelve Cupcakes pleaded guilty on Thursday (Dec 10) to underpaying seven employees of about S$114,000 in total over two years.For 15 charges under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act, with another 14 similar charges taken into consideration, the pr
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