Pizza Fan stores reopened today after a two-and-a-half-week closure following a tax evasion scandal involving the Greek state.
According to a company announcement, 107 stores across Greece reopened at 1 p.m.
The reopening follows the unfreezing of two of the company’s bank accounts. The company will continue operating under its existing ownership structure while talks to find an investor continue.
The company has pledged that returning employees will be employed under full-time contracts.
Meanwhile, 2,500 employees are returning to work. According to Giorgos Stefanakis, president of the Athens Labour Centre, they expect to receive wages for the period the stores remained closed, as their employment contracts remained active.
“Employees at franchise stores have not been paid the wages owed for the period when the stores were closed through no fault of their own, up to the end of October,” he said.
The reopening marks an important development for the company’s employees, with outstanding issues concerning wages, employment contracts and the operation of certain franchise stores.
The company has pledged that returning employees will be employed under full-time contracts.
Source:News 24/7
