Silesian stone is in insolvency proceedings due to unpaid wages

Jeseník - The regional court in Ostrava has initiated bankruptcy proceedings against the company Slezský kámen Jeseník. The bankruptcy proposal was filed at the end of September due to unpaid wages by a trio of employees of Slezský kámen, who claim that the stone company owes salaries to about four dozen workers. Dissatisfied employees in the bankruptcy proposal are demanding a declaration of bankruptcy on the assets of Slezský kámen. The ČTK agency obtained this information today from the bankruptcy register.
    Three employees of Slezský kámen justified the bankruptcy proposal against their employer by stating that the company owes them wages for July and August. According to them, the company is insolvent because it has more creditors to whom it has not paid 30 days past the due date. Dalimil Šmerda, the director of Slezský kámen, today did not want to comment on the bankruptcy proceedings.
    Slezský kámen employed approximately 150 people in the middle of this year. Employees to whom the company owes wages can request their additional payment from the labor office after the initiation of bankruptcy proceedings. "The deadline for submitting these claims will begin on October 14, and we expect at least dozens of submissions," said Jaroslav Mikšaník from the Olomouc labor office to ČTK today.
    The Slezský kámen company is primarily engaged in the extraction and processing of stone and the production of cast granulates and aggregates, which are mainly used in the automotive industry for blasting sheets. The company exports about half of its production abroad.