SINGAPORE: Watchtower Holdings, the guardian firm of ReFormd, which operates Anytime Health and Physique Match Coaching (BFT) gyms in Singapore, faces 14 costs for allegedly failing to pay Central Provident Fund (CPF) contributions for 13 workers on time between July 2025 and January 2026, Channel Information Asia (CNA) reported, citing court docket paperwork.
ReFormd operates 16 BFT retailers, 14 Anytime Health retailers and 5 private coaching gyms within the city-state.
The broader BFT franchise has 55 native retailers, together with a number of which can be but to open.
In Singapore, employers who fail to pay their workers’ CPF contributions inside 14 days after the top of the month the contributions are due could also be fined between S$1,000 and S$5,000, jailed for as much as six months, or each, with repeat offenders dealing with fines between S$2,000 and S$10,000, as much as 12 months’ jail, or each.
CPF information confirmed that Watchtower Holdings was beforehand convicted in December 2025 of two costs of failing to pay workers’ CPF contributions on time and was fined S$2,400.
The CPF Board instructed CNA that investigations and efforts to get well the excellent CPF funds started in August final yr. It added that it acquired 4 experiences involving the corporate between April and June this yr, three of which have since been resolved, with a part of the excellent CPF contributions recovered.
The CPF board mentioned that they are going to proceed to comply with up with the corporate and its director to get well any remaining arrears.
The subsequent court docket listening to has been set for July 30.
Watchtower Holdings director Monica Angkodjojo instructed CNA that the corporate is within the technique of settling its remaining excellent CPF contributions and expects to finish fee by July 7, forward of the agreed July 10 deadline.
She added that they “acknowledge the seriousness of the matter and take our obligations to our workers very severely” and have since strengthened the corporate’s inner compliance processes and applied further safeguards “to make sure this doesn’t occur once more.”
Netizens on r/singapore, nonetheless, quipped that maybe Anytime Health thought they might pay ‘anytime’
One other commenter suggested that because of this gym-goers ought to pay for fitness center packages in “instalments”. “If the fitness center goes bankrupt, it’s the financial institution’s downside, not yours,” he mentioned.
A 3rd speculated that this might clarify why its Bukit Timah Central outlet has been “renovating” for weeks, with blended messages about whether or not they’re transferring to a brand new location. /TISG
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