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SINGAPORE – To secure work passes for its foreign employees, a company inflated their monthly salaries in its applications to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM).
This was to fulfil the minimum salary requirements for the work passes to be granted.
In one case, the company declared that a cook would be paid $3,150, when in fact, his salary was less than half that amount.
The company, 7Star Restaurant, was fined $52,000 on Thursday (Aug 20) after pleading guilty to four charges relating to falsely declaring the salaries of four employees to MOM.
Eight other charges, involving the salaries of other employees, were taken into consideration during sentencing by District Judge Adam Nakhoda.
At the time of the offences, which took place between 2013 and 2017, the company operated a restaurant outlet named 7 Star Restaurant Indian/Malay Food in Upper Serangoon Road. The Straits Times understands that the restaurant has closed.
According to court documents, the company overstated the salaries of two workers when applying for their S Passes. It did so for one employee in June 2013 and for another in February 2017.
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