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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.
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Twelve Cupcakes Fined $119,500 For Underpaying 7 Employees From 2016-2018
Employers in Singapore should know that it is a crime to underpay employees local and foreign. For each offence committed, a company may be fined up to $10,000.
Unfortunately, local bakery chain Twelve Cupcakes – founded by former DJ Daniel Ong and Jaime Teo – was fined for underpaying 7 foreign employees of about $114,000 over 2 years.
Twelve Cupcakes fined after pleading guilty
According to Channel NewsAsia (CNA), Twelve Cupcakes underpaid 7 employees – each promised a salary of between $2,200 and $2,600 – from 2016-2018.
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