
The program "Stop" on TV Klan traveled to Gjirokastra after the complaint of 30 workers of a fashion factory who were not paid for the months of February and March of this year. It is about the Turkish fashion house "Ozkurakan Albania" with administrator Erjon Tahiraj.
"This is my (sewing) machine that I worked for 8 hours without leaving my seat, and since February and March I haven't received the Lek and the insurance part," says an employee.
The manager Blerina Kënaci explains to us how she met the administrator and how the work started. In January, there were problems with payments, problems that followed in February and March by not repaying the contributions.
Fashion manager: The administrator came here and asked for a person in charge of the work responsibility and to keep the work rules. He only asked for this. He said he will handle the administration himself from Fieri. He expected that there would be a branch of his own in Gjirokastra, that is, it would be the branch of Fier. We came, I started with 5-6 workers at the beginning, we reached the capacity up to 30 workers. I work regularly until January. In January, he had those problems for Lek with a report to the police, he barely paid us. He didn't give us February or Mars. Workers normally looking for their money and sweat. He says that I will give it to him, but when and how... April-May the work is closed, we don't work anymore. Until 1 month ago, I contacted him and he said don't worry, we will give him the money without any problem and nice words, but we haven't received any money. Neither I nor the workers. The owner was Turkish. It came here. We worked, we sent the work to Fier every week and that's how it worked. Various sewing. We sewed Waikiki pants, we sewed Philipp Plein sweatshirts, we sewed Italian shirts, we sewed endlessly.
The ladies show that they have also sewn for prestigious brands and were paid a minimum of 350-380 thousand old Lek per month.
"I have been working for 7 months and now for the last two months we have not been paid. February and March".
"I also have Janari, I called Erjon on the phone and he told me that he doesn't work at all in the system. "Talk to Blerina," he said.
Fashion manager: For every worker who came to me, I took the identity card and sent it to Erjon, the economist started it and started it directly to him to put it in the insurance. I don't know how it worked with him and what he did. When I saw what he gave me insurance and what he didn't give me, I saw it from January when he opened problems for us about paying the salary.
"My salary was 350 thousand Lek".
"In the beginning it was 270, then it depends. Philipp Plein's sweatshirt came and whoever worked the hardest got the most."
"340 and I haven't received either January, February or March".
"We used to take 300 in the bank and take the rest in hand".
But how did the employees do when they did not receive the payment?
"They have been the most difficult months."
"We have 3 children. My husband has no job, I have no job, too bad".
"I am on the verge of retirement, I came here to complete 1 year of work".
Fashion manager: Philipp Plein was taken, he ran away. They took it, ran away and did not give us the money.
Nga Gjirokastra, gazetarja e Stop shkoi në Fier, pasi referuar ekstraktit të QKB-së, subjekti “Ozkurkan Albania” me administrator Erjon Tahiraj e ka adresën në lagjen Sheq i Madh. Aty gazetarja u takua me babain e tij Yzeir Tahiraj, por ai thotë, se nuk ka kontakte me djalin, madje i kërkon ndihmë gazetares për ta gjetur.
Gazetarja: Unë kam ardhur për atë, që djali juaj ka qenë në biznes. Në Gjirokastër ka lënë 30 puntorë pa pagesë muajin shkurt dhe mars, si edhe pa shlyer detyrimet e sigurimeve shoqerore dhe shëndetësore.
Gazetarja: Djali juaj duhet të shlyejë detyrimet!
Yzeir Tahiraj: Ia kam thënë, po pret përditë atë mashtruesin nga Turqia.
Gazetarja: Pse nuk e ka denoncuar atëhëre djali juaj, përderisa ka rënë pre e mashtrimit?
Yzeir Tahiraj: Djali im është pjesë e tyre. Ata e kanë mashtruar, po nuk më ka dëgjuar mua.
Gazetarja: A mund të na thoni, ku është djali?
Yzeir Tahiraj: Djalin e ke në Tiranë, andej.
Gazetarja: Do të më japësh një numër kontakti, që të lidhem me të?
Yzeir Tahiraj: As unë nuk lidhem dot.
Yzeir Tahiraj: Ja t’i bie tani në syrin tuaj. Djali im është Erjoni?
Gazetarja: Nuk ua ka dhënë numrin çuni?
Yzeir Tahiraj: Po nuk ma ka dhënë, pra!
Gazetarja: Po ta gjeni do më bëni nder dhe mua, të më jepni ndonjë numër kontakti.
Yzeir Tahiraj: Të gjejmë djalin?
Gazetarja: Ua, e bukur kjo shumë e bukur!
Në Tatimet e Fierit thonë se informacioni është i rezervuar dhe duhet kërkesë me shkrim.
Më pas, gazetarja e Stop mori informacion në zyrën e taksave vendore të Bashkisë Gjirokastër, ku drejtoresha Çiljeta Metaj, shpjegoi që ka hapur adresë dytësore në Shtator 2022 dhe ka rreth 3 milionë Lekë të vjetra detyrime.
“Ka hapur një adresë dytësore nga të dhënat e QKB në lagjen “18 Shtatori”. Kjo adresë dytësore është hapur në datën 27.9.2022. Si subjekt nuk është paraqitur për të plotësuar dokumentacionin dhe për hapjen e dosjes për këtë subjekt pranë zyrave të bashkisë. Për vitin 2022, për atë 3 muaj, figurojnë 109.3 Lekë dhe për vitin 2023 është në shumën e 303 Lekëve, flasim me 3 milionë të vjetra. Kemi bërë verifikimet në terren dhe ky subjekt nuk ekziston, janë dyert e mbyllura në bazë të adresës që inspektori kanë marrë nga faqja e QKB-së. Nuk figuron”, thotë një zyrtare e Bashkisë së Gjirokastrës.
Field inspectors have found the subject closed. In the end, Stop also went to the Economic Crime and Labor Inspectorate. Inspector Silvana Selimi says that they have closed the inspection without any results, while the police say that they have referred the materials to the prosecutor's office.
Gjirokastra Labor Inspectorate: Contribution payments for the month of February have been made, only for the months of March and February is the salary payment that has not been made yet. We have closed the case, the final decision has been taken, which is also an administrative document to serve these employees in case it will be followed by the court. The administrator, during the closing of the procedure, has closed the phone calls, we have not communicated with him. /Clan
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