After being laid off last week, Geysir’s employees still have to hear about their future at the company or whether they will receive any unemployment benefits.
This was announced by Fréttablaðið, who spoke to an employee this morning about the situation they have been left with.
One week ago, all employees received a message from the owners telling them that they should apply for unemployment benefits even though the company has yet to declare bankruptcy.
The benefits would start from the day the company declares bankruptcy.
Dark day for Geysir.
More than 40 employees were laid off last week as six stores were closed, including the Fjallraven store on Laugavegur. All of these stores are owned by Arctic Shopping.
The employees have received 62% of their salary before January. A holding meeting was held on February 1 with all employees.
It has been revealed that Bryndís Guðnadóttir, director of VR’s payroll department, was at the crisis meeting. No information has been received by the company about the state of their affairs.
Can not pay all staff.
According to The hournews, the owners told employees on January 31 that they would not be able to pay employees but with the weekend’s income and that they would come the next day. This, however, was untrue.
The Geysir store in Haukdal is still open and is not owned by Arctic Shopping.
The founder and owner of the store, Jóhann Guðlaugsson, has yet to make a public statement on the matter.
Source: The Nordic Page