 Employer convicted over wage arrears
A TRANSPORT company was found guilty of failing to pay wages to its workers, reported the Minister of Manpower (MOM).
A'Land Express was recently fined $26,400 for failing to pay the salaries of seven drivers, who were owed a total of $26,000 in wages. Company director Ong Chau Keok was fined $2,000 or four weeks' imprisonment.
In addition, Ong was also fined another $2,000, or four weeks' jail in default, for failing to pay the wages of four former bus drivers from another company, Paya Lebar Transit Service. She is its sole proprietor.
Drivers from A'Land Express had filed a complaint with the MOM after not getting paid for between one and 18 months. Soon after, the ministry received another complaint from drivers of Paya Lebar Transit Services, who had not received their pay for between three and five months.
After reviewing the complaints, the Labour Court ordered the companies to pay the arrears. But when they failed to do so, the MOM charged both companies with infringing the Employment Act.
Under the law, it is an offence for an employer to not pay the salary earned by an employee for work done within seven days after the salary period, or within three days from the termination of the contract of service. | 
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