14/06/2021
Former radio DJ Daniel Ong fined $65,000 over underpaid workers at Twelve Cupcakes, Courts & Crime News & Top Stories - The…
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.
They included four customer service executives, two sales executives and a pastry
chef.
The pastry chef was supposed to receive a monthly salary of $2,300 in mid-2014,
but received $1,600 instead and continued receiving the lower salary until mid2016.
The court heard the arrears in salary totalling $98,900 from when the pair owned
the company remained outstanding to the workers.
No restitution has been made.
Ong and Teo sold the firm to Kolkata-based Dhunseri Group for $2.5 million in
2016.
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