Twelve cupcakes opened by local djs allegedly exploits foreign workers

[I_Hate_Pappies]

Former DJ and CEO of Twelve Cupcakes Daniel Ong has rejected claims made by a report that his company exploits foreign workers.

The report was published by The Real Singapore (TRS) and was written by a contributor called Vettel. The writer claimed to have spoken to two Filipino employees and one China staff member. They had allegedly said that the company, owned by Ong and his wife, former beauty queen Jaime Teo, requires its full-time foreign staff to work 12 hours a day and that they only get a day off every week.

On the contrary, full-time local staff work eight hours a day, and get one and a half days off a week, said Vettel.

The writer also added that these foreign workers are only earning S$3 an hour.

Vettel also said that foreign baking staff are subject to the same working hours and also have to shuttle between two outlets on the same day.

Accounts from different staff members revealed that kitchen and baking staff earn somewhere around S$850 to S$1,000 per month, said Vettel.

The writer also said that a disgruntled Filipino supervisor told her that the foreign workers do not get “overtime pay unless it is approved by management” and these are only for cases when the workers have to “work during their break days.”

Allegations untrue: Ong

Ong, who is currently in Hong Kong preparing for the opening of two new stores in two weeks' time, told Yahoo Singapore that the allegations made by TRS are “baseless” and “untrue”.

He stressed that his firm follows MOM guidelines closely.

With regard to the claims that foreign workers earn around S$850 to $1,000 and do not receive overtime pay, Ong said these allegations are “false”, adding that his employees who are on work permit earn between S$1,100 and S$1,400. Their basic salary is S$800 and they usually receive between S$300 and S$500 as overtime pay.

He also revealed that those on an S-pass earn between S$2,200 and S$2,300 with the take-home pay being S$1,400 as the company pays for their lodging.

Ong also refuted the claim by TRS that his foreign staff work 12 hours a day for six days a week.

He said they work 11 hours a day with a 1.5-hour break, adding that they are compensated for the overtime accordingly.

Ong also revealed that of his company’s 120 employees, only 13 are foreigners.

The former DJ also told Yahoo Singapore that his company is “employee-oriented”, citing examples of an incentive programme which rewards all employees with S$150 a month each if no one took MCs or was late for the month. Employees are invited for company functions, such as bowling, prawn fishing and company dinners.

Ong also said that TRS wrote to his company at 9am on Monday informing them that they would publish the article if he did not reply by nightfall.

However, TRS published the article at 10:52am on Monday.

Ong has since sent an email to TRS responding to the allegations which was published on TRS on Monday night.

In the article, TRS’s editor also pointed out that the blog did give Twelve Cupcakes a full day to respond to the complaint letter sent in by one of its readers.

The editor added that the email TRS sent on Monday morning was a second and final reminder for Ong and his team.

Ong said that some of his staff have written to him to show support.

He has also spoken to all his Filipino supervisors and none of them have spoken to TRS.

Ong also told Yahoo Singapore that as the CEO of the company, he does not intend to pursue the matter.

Ong has also expressed his frustration over the matter on social media.

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ex-dj-dani...kes-exploiting-foreign-workers-094928791.html

 

[I_Hate_Pappies]

"He also revealed that those on an S-pass earn between S$2,200 and S$2,300 with the take-home pay being S$1,400 as the company pays for their lodging."

The lodging per head count cost $800-$900 per month? Very fishy.....

 

[soIsee]

There is no question that this boss or bosses of this bakery has been exploiting those workers. Some Sinkie feel that being FTs they deserved to he exploited

This is where Sinkie are wrong. Exploitation has no nationality, race, color or whatever.

The source of the exploitation stems from the courage the Papies gave to employers to do so.

It is precisely the same vein as to Sinkie complaining that FTs are taking away their jobs.

Both employers and gov work in cohort to max profits to line their pockets first before anything else.

Employed Sinkie should realise they are in the same boat as their FTs counterpart.

The former being exploited by their govs, the latter being exploited by their employers.

 

[Narong Wongwan]

Ong has also expressed his frustration over the matter on social media.

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ex-dj-dani...kes-exploiting-foreign-workers-094928791.html

He did not complain when social media was helping to promote his business
He even use it to make public his quarrel with his Neighbour.....

 

[blackmondy]

I only like Jaime's two sizable cupcakes on her upper orso.

 

[soIsee]

He did not complain when social media was helping to promote his business
He even use it to make public his quarrel with his Neighbour.....

This kind of character you can be sure is down right a lousy and nasty person let alone a question of what he is as a boss.

He will pin blame on anything and anyone except himself.

If his personal quarell with neighbours can make news, I am surprise only till now his employees are making him the news!

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

It's always good to hear of sinkie businesses giving these foreign parasites a hard time. Hey you don't have to come to sg to work you can stay in your country why did you come? Oh yes cos it's much much worse over there.

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

OK here is something else and it's reasonable and logical. Let's assume 12 cupcakes is under paying their staff and overworking them wouldn't they complain? Pinoys and china workers won't take being under paid lying down i mean look at the smrt drivers strike in which they held such a strike cos they felt that they were being over worked and underpaid. Surely with such issues all out in the news which employer would dare under pay their workers? Many cases of underpaid workers have come to light and these workers complained and you know of many such cases and some of them got compensation. Many of such companies were also affliated with the govt hence they dared to underpay their employees in short breach the terms of the contract. Is 12 cupcakes connected to the govt? Suffice to say they must be really really good to somehow hold their employees to ransom and force them to work so many hours and underpay them when a number of strikes were held by foreigners against the govt.


So the story can be summarized like this. Non govt affilated sg co breaks the terms and contracts and guidelines of MOE by underpaying their staff and overworking them. Staff like a bunch of spineless slaves just simply suck it and take it up. Finally a knight in shining armor finally comes to the rescue in the form of a writer from TRE manages to hear the story cos you know these poor exploited workers didn't even dare tell their fellow colleagues, sinkie friends etc about their plight and if they did the news didn't get reported until the knight in shining armor TRE writer hears about it and reports it. It really sounds like 12 cup cake employees are like slaves in a smuggling ring with no contact with the outside world whatsoever.

 

[danielsim]

It's always good to hear of sinkie businesses giving these foreign parasites a hard time. Hey you don't have to come to sg to work you can stay in your country why did you come? Oh yes cos it's much much worse over there.

precisely. foreign trash come over already and complain. if not, they take money and send back to home country.

but in any case, 12cupcakes is overrated. daniel ong refutes every allegation. i hope to see it backfire.

 

[ILovePAP]

i never like 12 cups shit and never will Stupid name stupid con job.