Twelve Cupcakes co-founder Daniel Ong, 45-years-old, was fined $65,000 earlier today (21 May) for breaching employment laws while running the bakery chain.
He pleaded guilty to 10 charges under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act, allowing the firm to underpay and/or fail to pay within a fixed time the salaries of 7 employees.
Another 14 charges were taken into consideration during sentencing.
As the director of the company, he had failed to prevent the company from committing such acts and didn’t take any steps to ensure the employees received their fixed monthly salaries.
There were a few instances where workers went without their salaries for a period.
He has also not made any restitutions to the employees, who are owed a total of $98,000.
As Ong left the court, he allegedly told the photographers outside:
“F*** y’all.”
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