SPARKLE PATISSERIE FINED NT$1M FOR VIOLATIONS OF LABOR LAW|永采烘焙坊遭重罰百萬 昨貼出歇業公告

A restaurant in Taichung, which recently succumbed to ill fame after its unreasonable demands of its employees were revealed, has been fined NT$ 1 million by the Ministry of Labor over 5 violations of the Labor Standards Act. Following the debacle, the owner has decided to pull the plug on the business for now. The Sparkle Patisserie in Taichung has been accused of intentionally underpaying interns, the owner said that those interns failed following rules when quitting job and asked interns for a compensation of NT$590,000. The Taichung City Government Labor Affairs Bureau investigated and found the patisserie owner violated five articles of the Labor Standards Act, and the Bureau fined the owner NT$1 million. ==LIN CHING-CHANG Deputy Dir-general, Taichung City Gov. Labor Affairs Bureau== The patisserie was fined in 2013 for not paying overtimes. Based on the documents and evidences we have, the owner seriously violated five articles in the Labor Standards Act. We reviewed the accusations against the owner and evidences we have, we decided to fine the patisserie owner the maximum amount of NT$1 million. The violations were: overcut wages, not paying for overtimes, the overtime exceeded 46 hours every month, no one rest day after every seven working days, hourly pays not doubled for working on national holidays. The aforementioned violations plus the owner involved with several labor disputes since 2012, therefore the Bureau fined the patisserie owner the maximum. ==(Voice)MRS. WANG intern's mother== Unless the patisserie owner changes his behavior and attitude, otherwise same thing will happen, labors who work there get exploited. The Sparkle Patisserie owner made no further comment about the fine, the store posted a closure notice in the afternoon of Feb. 26. One intern's mother said the NT$1 million fine is reasonable, she believes there are many worse work places for interns that are not yet exposed, interns are not cheap labors, she suggests the central and local governments should look into relevant matters for interns. TRANSLATED BY：ANTHONY LIN 台中市永采烘焙坊的實習生，因為不堪超時工作離職，卻遭業者求償59萬元，雖然業者已經在勞資爭議調解時放棄求償，但台中市勞工局稽查後，發現業者嚴重違法5項勞基法規定，勞工局決定重罰100萬元。而店家下午貼出歇業公告。 台中市永采烘焙坊與實習生的勞資糾紛，業者說學生未依規定離職要求賠償，但實習生反控超時工作還沒有加班費，台中市勞工局調查後做出最新裁決，因為業者違反勞基法的事實明確，決定重罰100萬元， ==台中市勞工局副局長 林敬璋== 依照他102年曾經有被裁罰 未給付加班費 甚至依目前所有這些 調查的證據資料裡面 他嚴重的違反五個(勞基法)條文 依照他的情節跟相關的事證裡面 我們決定就是對於業者一個 重罰100萬的一個處分 台中市勞工局表示，調查發現業者溢扣工資、加班未給加班費、每月加班超過46小時、七天未給一天休假、國定假日未給加倍工資，嚴重違反五項勞基法規定，加上業者從101年開始已經有多次勞資爭議，所以給予重罰。 ==聲音來源 實習生家長 王媽媽== 我覺得除非老闆的行為 跟態度有所轉變 否則進去的勞工還是一樣 還是會被他剝削啊 對於遭重罰100萬元，無法取得業者的回應，但店面下午已經貼出歇業公告，而王媽媽認為100萬的處罰相當合理，但她也表示，還有許多實習的惡劣工作環境未曝光，實習生並非廉價勞工，中央政府和學校都應該要替學生做好把關。 邱植培 彭煥群 台中報導