a Paquetá closed your factory in Teutonia in Taquari Valley. According to the manufacturer and retailer in the footwear, the production of the place was redirected to other units for cost reduction. The company has already faced a financial crisis a few years ago, asked for judicial recovery in 2019 and now faces, as the rest of the sector, the impacts of the pandemic in the economy. According to the president of the workers' union of the footwear and clothing of Teutônia, Roberto Muller, the 130 employees have already fulfilled prior notice since March, when they were communicated to their dismissal.
An information circulated in the market that the Paquetá Group would have entered bankruptcy, which is false and is generating disorders for the company. Lawyer who acts in the process, Márcio Louzada Carpena, Office Carpena Lawyers, clarifies that the judicial recovery process continues normally. The Meeting of Lenders to assess the plan presented by the company should occur after passing the pandemic, just as it is also occurring with other companies.
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The column also talked earlier with Rafael Brizola Marques, representative of the Brizola office and Japur Judicial Administration, which was appointed by justice to act as a judicial administrator in the process of Paquetá. He also stated that the judicial recovery continued as expected and that the closing of the Teutonia unit was already in the company's adjustment strategy to sane for business finances.
Employee framework reduction
at the beginning of the month, The Paquetá has made a demisser that drew attention in the industry. In judicial recovery and with about 10,000 employees, the company does not inform the number of disconnections, but sources that accompany the situation of the company speak in about 1,500 workers dismissed.
The company's legal advice secured for the column that former employee's payment agreements are being paid since April 9. In addition, he warned that what is happening are adjustments to the paid values, in accordance with a second agreement carried out with the trade unions.
Calçandista Crisis
In fact, the footwear sector is suffering a lot with the crisis caused by coronavirus. Last Monday (20), an update of the Democratic Federation of Rio Grande do Sul shoemakers already counted 4,5 thousand layoffs in the footwear industries, but the number has already risen since then.
Source: Gauchazh
