Restaurant owner in Da Nang accused of ‘swiping’ money, assaulting, threatening staff

Sharing with reporters, NVH (born in 2001, hometown of Quang Nam) said, H has been working as a waiter at LHS restaurant (address in Chuong Duong, Da Nang) for half a month. However, the restaurant took the reason that there were few customers and lowered the employee’s salary, so H resigned and was approved by the manager.

H’s post attracted the attention of netizens.

When he got his salary, H was surprised when the amount he received was not as originally agreed, was deducted unreasonable money, not only that, the restaurant owner also “upper leg, lower forearm”, threatening to make H had to leave home because of fear.

“I work at the bar from 3pm to 3am the next day. Sometimes I still have to rub the floor, spray water until 6 am to rest. Although the working time is more than 13 hours/shift, only 8 hours are counted. The initial agreed-upon salary is 20,000 VND/hour, but at the time of payment, only 15,000 VND is charged. Not only that, but 50% of the probationary salary is deducted for the first 3 days, which is not included in the agreement; additionally deduct 30% of salary for leaving without reporting to the accountant. Meanwhile, I applied for leave and was accepted by the manager”, reflected H.

Yesterday morning (March 16), H went to a restaurant to talk about salary when the restaurant owner cursed, upper forearm, lower leg, punched and kicked in the stomach.

“To this day, my stomach still hurts. Because I was beaten, I was very scared. When the accountant calculated my salary, I was charged undertime, deducted unreasonable amounts, but I was afraid so I did not dare to argue. The accountant gave me 1 million, I take the salary and leave quietly, while my salary is 2.2 million”, H said.

According to H’s share, my family’s situation is very difficult. H is a student at a university in Da Nang, but because his family is poor, he has no money to pay tuition fees, so he has to reserve, work part-time to earn money to cover his life, but then he encounters this situation.

Frustrated by the restaurant owner’s attitude, H “begged for help” on social networking sites as well as warned others when applying for a job at this address. Then, the owner of the restaurant contacted and threatened words. Because of fear, H has now returned to his hometown, not daring to stay in Da Nang.

“I just hope to get the rest of the money, because it’s my sweat and effort,” H expressed.

After H’s post, a female friend also accused this restaurant of stealing Tet wages.

After the case of NVH being robbed of money, NT – a female friend who used to work at this restaurant shared that she was also a victim, having been robbed of a month’s Tet salary by the restaurant of more than 3 million dong.

“I am far from my hometown and do not return to my hometown to celebrate Tet with my family, stay at work until morning without paying me a New Year’s coin, just use an excuse to deduct my Tet salary. Talking to the owner, the owner said to meet the manager, messaged the manager, he has been silent since Tet until now. Students go to work, it’s too difficult to get money from sweat and effort”, T reflected angrily.

Before reflecting on the restaurant owner’s behavior, the majority of comment accounts expressed their views asking the restaurant owner to pay enough money for the staff, even many people even called for a boycott of this restaurant.

Currently, LHS restaurant is rated 1 star by “storm”. Under the restaurant’s posts, netizens all commented harshly, asking the restaurant owner to pay the staff.

The restaurant owner said it was due to a competitor, admitting to “handling” the staff because of anger

Explaining on Fanpage, the restaurant owner wrote: “I don’t know competitors with L., let people come to the shop to work for unpaid business in order to affect the reputation of the restaurant and the trust that customers have for the restaurant. LHS over the years. The shop has been open for the past 2 years, the business is very decent, very good, the food is fresh, the customers support a lot, there is no reason to hire a helper for 10 days or 1 month without paying a salary to take pictures. affect the reputation of the restaurant.

Below this post, many people still think that restaurant owners should find a more convincing reason.

PV Infonet contact the owner of the restaurant LHS, he said, reported the incident to the local police.

The restaurant owner shared that, according to the restaurant’s regulations, employees will receive 70% of the probationary salary in the first 10 days. The exchange when recruiting and calculating salary, he assigned to the manager, so he did not know how the manager and the other employee had discussed and agreed with each other.

The restaurant owner also admitted that while being hot-tempered and angry because he was threatened with “unmasking”, he had “manipulated” employee H.

“Everybody who enters the job accepts to receive 70% of the probationary salary, but if she doesn’t work but looks for a job, I think it’s because the competition let the person come. Because my shop is crowded, there aren’t any shops around, so I thought so,” said the restaurant owner.

According to the owner of the restaurant, this incident is not necessarily right or wrong, he also wants to call the employee, so H to apologize, handle it smoothly, pay 100% of the money but she does not answer the phone, refuses to meet. .

Dieu Thuy