Twelve Cupcakes controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2025
Closure and worker-notification controversy
The company ceased operations without notifying employees about the impending closure in advance. The union was informed the day before, and about 80 workers were left unemployed.
2021
Underpayment of foreign workers
The company pleaded guilty to offences involving foreign workers who received less than the stated or required salary levels. The company was fined S$119,500, while separate proceedings resulted in fines for former leaders connected with earlier pay offences.
2021
Twelve Cupcakes fined for underpaying employees
Fine or penalty
Twelve Cupcakes, a bakery chain, was fined by a Singapore district judge for underpaying seven foreign employees. The court imposed a fine of $119,500 on the company in connection with the salary shortfalls. According to the report, the company had repaid all salaries owed to the affected employees. The event concerns the underpayment of wages to foreign staff and the resulting fine, with the article noting that the owed salaries were fully repaid.
A Singapore district judge fined Twelve Cupcakes $119,500 after the bakery chain underpaid seven foreign employees. The article reports that the company had repaid all salaries owed.
Company response
Refund or compensation — Twelve Cupcakes
The judge duly noted that the company had repaid the employees all salaries owed
Source excerpt
Twelve Cupcakes underpaid 7 employees – each promised a salary of between $2,200 and $2,600 – from 2016-2018.
As a consequence, they were fined a whopping sum of $119,500 today (12 Jan).
Pastry chain Twelve Cupcakes has been fined $119,500 for underpaying seven foreign employees of about $114,000 for over two years.
2012
Copyright dispute over reproduced articles
Singapore Press Holdings sought payment after Twelve Cupcakes reproduced articles about the business through its website and social-media accounts. The conduct was described as infringing SPH's copyright.