In the first case, the managing director of Home and Industrial Maintenance Services Pte Ltd, Ang Ser Hock, pleaded guilty on Aug 8 to 53 counts of failure to pay salaries totalling $31,268.22 to 53 employees between October 2006 and February 2007.

In the second case, IMM & IMM Cleaning Services Pte Ltd was convicted on Aug 13 on two charges and fined $1,500. Another 12 charges were taken into consideration.

The firm failed to pay salaries ranging from one to three weeks to 14 cleaners after terminating their contracts.

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