Chaos at Kika/Leiner: Angry customers put employees under pressure!

Chaos at Kika/Leiner: Angry customers put employees under pressure!

In a tense situation at the Kika/Leiner furniture chain, which recently had to register bankruptcy, there are violent clashes between unsettled customers and employees in the branches. Reports from the GPA union state that customers will miss their resentment about closed shops and worthless vouchers to employees. A seller was thrown at a candlestick while another employee was pushed. These escalations are not only done at the health insurers, but also in the sales area, where employees try to advise customers before bankruptcy. The unrest is great because many customers have already paid for their furniture and now have to worry about their investments, as Today.at reported.

The GPA boss Barbara Teiber calls the customers not to leave their frustration with the employees and emphasize that these employees also suffer from the loss of their jobs. Respectively behavior is urgently necessary, while the employees are in a difficult situation to hold the customers with commitment and to handle the ongoing business.

Tax -free employee participations as a solution?

In another topic that affects the labor market, there are new opportunities for companies to increase the motivation of their employees. The conditions for tax -free employee participations were amended in 2021, whereby the limit for tax -free shares was raised to 1,440 euros per year, as reported datev.de This regulation enables employers to offer their employed tax -free stocks or discounted proportions. Employees benefit because they become co -owners and thus develop an increasing interest in the economic success of the company.