SINGAPORE – When home-grown confectionery chain Twelve Cupcakes abruptly shuttered its 20 outlets on Oct 29, 2025, workers were left in the lurch without being paid.
After waiting for five months, these 80 workers are about to receive half of their owed salaries for October 2025. Workers who spoke to The Straits Times said they were surprised and disappointed that they would not be receiving their full salaries.
A statement by the Food, Drinks and Allied Workers Union (FDAWU) issued at close to 11pm on March 31 said that affected workers will begin receiving a “portion of their unpaid salaries”.
The union did not spell out the portion, but the liquidator appointed by the court to wind down the business told The Straits Times that…