The Federation of Catering Trade Unions told "Hong Kong 01" that more than 100 workers from Asia Pacific Catering (Holdings) Co., Ltd., which owns 12 restaurants of different brands, received help. 1) No need to go to work, and it is expected to involve more than 2 million yuan in arrears.
The trade union will assist workers to register tomorrow (2nd) and request the Labour Department to follow up.
The reporter also called many branches of the group, but no one answered.
The reporter of "Hong Kong 01" visited three of its stores in Aberdeen Central Mall this afternoon, including "Mee...Lemongrass", "Tea in Li" and "Kujing Canteen", all of which were closed and closed.
The Labour Department replied that it is concerned about the incident. If the affected employees have questions about their employment rights, they can make enquiries at the branch offices of the Labour Relations Division of the Labour Department, and the prescription will provide appropriate assistance.
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According to online information, Asia Pacific Catering (Holdings) Co., Ltd. owns 12 restaurants of different brands, with a wide range of catering businesses, including milk tea shops, Japanese restaurants, Southeast Asian restaurants, Hong Kong-style tea restaurants and Chinese restaurants. Famous are the Malay Laksa, Hainanese chicken rice specialty store "Mee...Lemongrass", and Japanese restaurant "Kujing Canteen".
According to the restaurant website Openrice, "Mee...Lemongrass" used to have 10 branches, but 7 of them closed earlier.
The three stores are closed and the website is temporarily suspended
The reporter from "Hong Kong 01" arrived at the Aberdeen Centre shopping mall this afternoon and found that the company's three restaurants, including "Mee...Lemongrass", "Li's Tea" and "Kujing Canteen", were closed and closed, and there was no one in the store. , menu items and other items have not been taken away, there is no notice outside the store indicating closure, and the company's official website cannot be browsed, showing "503 Service Unavailable".
The union received more than 100 workers for help
Guo Hongxing, honorary president of the Catering Trade Unions Union, said that the trade union has received more than 100 workers' help since yesterday. He pointed out that he received a notice last night at the end of work and that he does not need to go to work today. At present, the workers are at a loss. There are few problems that have not been resolved. "One difficulty is that I can't find seniors and no one to talk to. I don't know that people have been appointed and fired."
He continued that the union will organize workers who need help to register with the union tomorrow, listen to their difficulties, discuss ways to help, and will also contact the Labour Department for assistance.
The website of Asia Pacific Catering (Holdings) Limited is unavailable today.
The union issued a statement saying that more than 2 million employees are expected to be underpaid, saying that the company has not contributed to the MPF for a long time
The union later issued a statement stating that it is concerned about the company's restaurants, including "Spicy Lady", "Mee Lemongrass", "Kujing Sushi" and many other restaurants, which suddenly closed down and owed employees wages, notice and MPF. Many months of arrears, etc., involving more than 2 million, involving more than 100 employees.
The trade union has informed the Labour Department to intervene in the follow-up of the incident, and is now calling on employers to come forward to explain the severance arrangement and pay the outstanding compensation.
Mr. Zhao, the director general of rights and interests of the union, said that of its 12 brand restaurants, at least 3 brands are expected to close today, involving 9 branches, and some other brand restaurants have closed earlier. Of the company's restaurants, only the "Xinao Cafe" is still open, but the employees are not aware of the situation.
He added that according to employees' reports, the company has not provided MPF for employees for a long time.
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Huang Jiahe, chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Catering Industry Association, said that he had heard of the company but was not familiar with it. He also said that the epidemic has brought many difficulties to the operation of the catering industry, and the substantial help brought by consumer coupons is not much. There are 600 restaurants in the fifth wave of the epidemic. The restaurant closed, and 3,500 restaurants closed during the period.
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