Defunct Hong Kong bakery chain fined HK$251,800 over unpaid wages

“A Hong Kong court has fined a now-defunct bakery chain a total of HK$251,800 (US$32,127) over unpaid wages and other entitlements exceeding HK$1.3 million. A liquidator for Taipan Bread & Cakes, Taipan Restaurant and their parent company, Vast Luck, pleaded guilty at Kowloon City Court on Monday to 96 charges under the Employment Ordinance, after the group failed to pay 47 employees following the closure of all outlets on June 24 last year. Asked when the parent company could settle the fines,...

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