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Twelve Cupcakes to join food workers union

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SINGAPORE - The Food, Drinks and Allied Workers Union (FDAWU) announced on Friday (Feb 26) its successful unionisation of Twelve Cupcakes, after current and former owners of the home-grown pastry chain came under fire for underpaying foreign staff. The move was taken after the majority of Twelve Cupcakes' workers voted for it in a secret ballot administered by the Ministry of Manpower. The union, which is affiliated to the National Trades Union Congress, will work closely with the management to improve workers' well-being at the workplace, uplift wages and upskill the workers in preparation for the economy's recovery, said FDAWU general-secretary Tan Hock Soon. "This resounding victory reaffirms the workers' desire for the union to improve their welfare and work prospects," he added. FDAWU endeavours to partner more food and beverage companies and workers to uplift both the business and the workforce while helping them recover from the impact of Covid-19, said Mr Tan. It represents more than 55,000 workers currently. In a Facebook post on Friday, NTUC secretary-general Ng Chee Meng thanked the team at FDAWU and NTUC staff who visited the Twelve Cupcakes outlets around Singapore to ...

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Twelve Cupcakes founders Daniel Ong, Jaime Teo charged with offences under Employment of Foreign Manpower Act

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SINGAPORE - Local radio DJ Daniel Ong Ming Yu and former model Jaime Teo Chai Lin were hauled to court on Tuesday (Dec 29) over offences under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act linked to pastry chain Twelve Cupcakes, which they founded. They allegedly allowed the chain to underpay the wages of their foreign employees between 2013 and 2016. There were also instances involving some workers who, for periods between 2012 and 2013, did not receive any income. The court heard that the staff purportedly did not receive their stipulated wages within a week of the end of the salary periods. One employee – Zhu Weihong – did not receive his monthly salary of $2,000 within a week of the last day of the month. This happened between Sept 8 and Nov 8, 2012. Ong, 45, and Teo, 43, are each facing 24 charges involving eight employees. The court heard that Teo intends to plead guilty to her charges on Jan 26 next year. Ong’s case has also been adjourned to that day. For each charge under the Act, an offender can be jailed for up to a year and fined up to $10,000. The firm, under new owners Dhunseri Group, had pleaded guilty earlier this month to 15 charges of underpaying the employees in 2017 an...