Kika/Leiner is separating from 118 employees in the hospitality industry. According to the company, 264 people worked in the 40 catering establishments of the Kika/Leiner Group that were not affected by the bankruptcy in June. But many of them no longer have a place, although other things were promised a few weeks ago.
During the closure of the restaurants in the branches, which can no longer be continued, the contracts were terminated or dissolved, Kika/Leiner announced on Wednesday. 146 people would continue to work in the remaining restaurants.
Job promise broken?
The restaurants in the Leiner branches in Linz, Steyr, Wels and Wien-Nord and the restaurants in the Kika branches in Feldbach, Saalfelden and Sandleitengasse (Vienna Ottakring) have already closed. In mid-June, curator Volker Leitner stated that employees in the hospitality industry need not worry about their jobs.
Kika/Leiner filed for bankruptcy in mid-June after the Signa Retail Group, led by Tyrolean real estate juggler René Benko, sold the operational activities of the furniture store to the investor Hermann Wieser and the real estate to the Supernova Group of the German specialist retailer Frank Albert beginning of June.
Fluctuating employment figures
The operational restructuring plan stipulated that approximately 1,300 of the 3,296 employees would lose their jobs over the course of the 23 plant closures. 17 locations remain open. Information on the number of employees varies widely. The company originally said it would lose 1,900 jobs and 3,900 employees. 600 workers were deployed in the catering industry.
Source: Krone
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