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Former DJ Daniel Ong fined $65k over underpaid foreign workers at Twelve Cupcakes

May 21, 2021 Former radio DJ Daniel Ong pleaded guilty to 10 charges under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act. The Straits Times SINGAPORE - Former radio DJ Daniel Ong Ming Yu, 45, was fined $65,000 on Friday (May 21) for failing to prevent Twelve Cupcakes from underpaying its foreign workers. Ong had co-founded the confectionery chain in 2011 with then-wife artiste, Jaime Teo Chai-lin, 43. He pleaded guilty to 10 charges under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act. Another 14 similar charges were taken into consideration for sentencing. Teo was fined $65,000 in March after pleading guilty to 10 similar charges. The duo employed foreign workers in 2012, and seven of those workers were underpaid between 2013 and 2016.

Twelve Cupcakes co-founder Daniel Ong fined for underpaying foreign workers

Twelve Cupcakes co-founder Daniel Ong fined for underpaying foreign workers Toggle share menu Advertisement Twelve Cupcakes co-founder Daniel Ong fined for underpaying foreign workers Twelve Cupcakes co-founder Daniel Ong leaving the State Courts on May 21, 2021. (Photo: Marcus Mark Ramos) 21 May 2021 12:31PM) Share this content Bookmark SINGAPORE: Twelve Cupcakes co-founder Daniel Ong was fined S$65,000 on Friday (May 21) for breaching employment laws when he was running the homegrown bakery chain with his then-wife Jaime Teo. Ong, 45, pleaded guilty to 10 charges under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act, for allowing the firm to underpay or fail to pay within a fixed time the salaries of seven employees. Another 14 charges were considered in sentencing.

Jaime Teo fined $65,000 for failing to prevent Twelve Cupcakes from underpaying its staff

Seven of them - four customer service executives, two sales executives and a pastry chef - were underpaid between 2013 and 2016. For instance, the pastry chef, who was supposed to receive a monthly salary of $2,300 in mid-2014, received $1,600 instead and continued receiving a lower salary until mid-2016. The other six foreigners also received less than what they were supposed to. Teo was represented by lawyers Sunil Sudheesan and Diana Ngiam. In mitigation, her lawyers told the court their client had never played a decision-making role in the human resources aspect of the business when she was a director of Twelve Cupcakes.

Twelve Cupcakes: Jaime Teo guilty of underpaying staff and slapped with S$65,000 fine

Twelve Cupcakes, a Singapore-based bakery chain that sells cupcakes, has been going through legal battles after it was accused of underpaying its foreign staff members. On Monday, March 9, the company’s co-founder Jaime Teo was fined by the court and ordered to pay S$65,000. She was accused of not paying Twelve Cupcakes workers according to what had been negotiated during the hiring process. The guilty verdict for the offenses Teo has been operating Twelve Cupcakes with her former husband Daniel Ong, and District Judge Adam Nakhoda admitted that the wrongdoings against the staff were hard to detect even if it went on for quite some time. But still, the court was able to verify that the executives were truly liable for the offenses.

Twelve Cupcakes co-founder Jaime Teo fined for underpaying foreign workers

Twelve Cupcakes co-founder Jaime Teo fined for underpaying foreign workers  Toggle share menu Advertisement Twelve Cupcakes co-founder Jaime Teo fined for underpaying foreign workers  Twelve Cupcakes co-founder Jaime Teo arriving at the State Courts on Mar 9, 2021. (Photo: Calvin Oh)  09 Mar 2021 03:00PM) Share this content Bookmark SINGAPORE: Homegrown bakery chain Twelve Cupcakes' co-founder Jaime Teo was fined S$65,000 on Tuesday (Mar 9) for underpaying foreign workers when she helmed the company with her then-husband Daniel Ong.  Teo, a local celebrity and former Miss Universe Singapore, allowed Twelve Cupcakes to underpay seven foreign employees who worked at the bakery over three years almost S$100,000. She was a director of the firm at the time.

Jaime Teo fined $65,000 over Twelve Cupcakes workers' pay

Jaime Teo fined $65,000 for role in underpaying Twelve Cupcakes staff

March 09, 2021 Jaime Teo Chai-lin pleaded guilty on Feb 4 to 10 charges under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act. The Straits Times SINGAPORE - Artiste Jaime Teo Chai-lin, 43, was on Tuesday (March 9) fined $65,000 for failing to prevent Twelve Cupcakes - a home-grown confectionery chain which she co-founded - from underpaying its foreign workers. The Singaporean, who is also a former model, pleaded guilty on Feb 4 to 10 charges under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act. Fourteen other charges were taken into consideration during sentencing. Teo, who founded the firm in 2011 with former radio DJ Daniel Ong Ming Yu, 45, her husband then, admitted that she had been neglectful.

Twelve Cupcakes co-founder Jaime Teo fined $65k for underpaying staff

Twelve Cupcakes to be unionised after FDAWU wins secret ballot

Twelve Cupcakes to be unionised after FDAWU wins secret ballot Details Published: 01 March 2021 "This resounding victory reaffirms the workers’ desire for the union to improve their welfare and work prospects," said Tan Hock Soon, General Secretary, FDAWU. Singapore's Food, Drinks and Allied Workers Union (FDAWU) has successfully unionised Twelve Cupcakes after winning majority votes from workers in a secret ballot administered by the Ministry of Manpower.  "This resounding victory reaffirms the workers’ desire for the union to improve their welfare and work prospects," said  Tan Hock Soon, General Secretary, FDAWU. "FDAWU would like to thank the workers who have supported this unionisation effort and we stand ready to represent them."