For the time being, the insolvent shoe dealer Görtz does not receive any state funds for those affected.
“The Federal Employment Agency has rejected the application of the Görtz Retail GmbH in the provisional insolvency proceedings on pre -financing bankruptcy money for the approximately 400 employees,” said the company on Monday. In addition, it can be “assumed that with regard to applications for Görtz Holding GmbH and Atlant Logistik GmbH will be the same decisions”.
The preliminary insolvency administrator Gideon Böhm reacted to the decision that has now been made. “I can understand the disappointment of the employees. We check to appeal against this decision, ”he said in a statement.
The employees of the already closed are released
According to the company, the rejection of pre-financing has direct consequences for the previous employees: inside the Görtz branches that have already been closed. In view of the decision of the Federal Employment Agency, “the irrevocable exemption” of the employees concerned is “necessary”, according to a statement by the retailer.
For the “employees who are needed to maintain business”, on the other hand, “continued employment is guaranteed in the provisional insolvency proceedings on the previous conditions of the employment relationship,” emphasized the company.
The preliminary insolvency administrator was confident about the ongoing search for new investor: inside. “The number of interested parties is increasing every day, Görtz and his team in the branches have a very good reputation in the market,” said Böhm.