A kind of training for cafe owner who paid 300,000 won in monthly salary to the employee who left the company
Apr 22, 2025
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The owner is further enraged by the claim that it was a kind of education,
According to Hong Kong media South China Morning Post, Liu, a 19-year-old woman living in Tainan, Taiwan, posted on social media that her employer handed over her final salary of only 6,972 Taiwanese dollars (about 306,000 won) as a bundle of coins when she resigned.
The coins in the plastic bag took an hour to deposit to the bank in several types, including one Taiwan dollar, five Taiwan dollars, and ten thousand dollars.
Also, Liu found out that $20,000 was less paid, and when asked, the owner asked others "Here's a beggar, so give me $20,000."," he even mocked.
In response, the store owner claimed that her behavior was a kind of 'shock education' and that it was a response to her bad attitude toward her colleagues and repeated absenteeism.
He also pointed out that Liu worked for about a month, paid part of his salary (upfront) and was absent without notice for three days.
In the meantime "Politicians should revise Taiwan's laws. I support the prevention of labor exploitation, but why are there no proper measures to sanction employees who are absent without leave or do not come to work without reason?" protested.
He then added that if Liu apologized, he would exchange the coins into bills and pay them, but she refused.
In this regard, an official from the Tainan Municipal Labor Bureau told local media TVBS News that "it is not strictly a violation of labor law because the employer has not delayed payment or reduced the amount. However, this method is certainly inconsiderate and unethical behavior.'
Netizens are asking "Did the boss do this on purpose to demonstrate to other exploitative employers?", "The store is not doing well, so the owner of the time must have counted the coins one by one." Some employers sometimes pay their coins" posted comments such as.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
