According to Blesk, employees of Pietro Filipi stores received a letter in January, the day before payment, stating that they were out of work and without money. “The employment relationship with you will be terminated,” according to the daily, the company’s human resources director Jan Zipser wrote to the employees. According to his letter, the company is in a hopeless situation, which will probably end in insolvency, bankruptcy and dissolution of the company.
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“Pietro Filipi Stores does not have funds left in the account, so unfortunately we will not be able to pay wages for December 2020 or for the following months,” he said.
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In the letter, the company threatens to employees that if they do not leave the agreement themselves, they will release them themselves at the end of March for organizational reasons, but will not pay them any money until the release. The company therefore writes to employees that they would rather terminate their employment by agreement at the end of January.
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“You will be entitled to severance pay. It will not be paid, but from February 1, 2021 you can apply to the employment office. There you can ask for compensation for severance pay, “the company states in the letter. According to Blesk, he adds that even if people terminate their employment themselves due to non-payment of wages, they will be entitled to compensation from the employer, which Pietro Filipi has nothing to pay.
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The E15.cz server stated that the C2H group of entrepreneur Michal Mička announced to its creditors and holders of its bonds last December that it was preparing to enter insolvency proceedings. According to Mička, the worst of the companies in the holding is the Pietro Filipi network of fashion stores.
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“Our goal is to reorganize Pietro Filipi to keep it going. The condition is the entry of an investor who will strengthen the company financially and at the same time agree with the landlords on new lease agreements, “Mička told the server. Mička did not say who could be an investor. According to the server, the Slovak men’s fashion chain Otto Berg is one of those interested.
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The Pietro Filipi brand already had financial problems before the start of the coronavirus pandemic last year. At the end of 2019, it had overdue liabilities to suppliers of over CZK 70 million and did not meet the conditions of banks.
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