사우디 최대의 종합건설사 오거(Saudi Oger)사 부도 위기 Saudi Oger expected to declare bankruptcy
Saudi Oger expected to declare bankruptcy
미지불 급여만 8억 달러
사우디 최대의 종합건설사 중의 하나인 사우디 오거(Saudi Oger)가 하청업체와 벤더 들에 대한 미지급금 및 은행 부채를 제외하고도 직원들에게 지불되지 못한 급여가 8억 달러에 이른 것으로 지난 8월 9일 알려졌다.
프랑스 변호사에 의하면 사우디 오거에서 일하는 200명의 프랑스 엔지니어와 매니저가 9개월 동안 월급을 받지 못하고 있다고 한다. 사우디 오거는 저유가와 유동성 위기로 인한 엄청난 손해로 파산 위기에 몰려 있는 가운데, 지난 8개월 동안 20,000명의 직원들 월급을 지급하지 못함은 물론, 의료보험 조차도 갱신하지 못하고 있다. 전문가들은 만성적인 재정 문제 때문에 결국 부도를 선언할 것으로 전망하고 있다.
자료: 조성환/중동건설 컨설턴트
Aug 8, 2016
Saleh Al-Zahrani
JEDDAH — Unable to pay salaries and renew medical insurance for its 20,000 employees for the past eight months, Saudi Oger Ltd. is expected to declare bankruptcy to get over its acute finical problems, according to economists.
The Riyadh-based construction company failed to pay financial dues to medical insurance companies resulting in the stoppage of medical insurance to its employees, said a Saudi Oger source, who did not want to be identified
“The problem is not only with medical insurance, but also with the end of service benefits. Some employees are entitled to more than SR500,000,” he said.
The company is liable to pay medical insurance and the fees of the General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI), said a number of economists and lawyers.
The only way for the company to get out of its present financial predicament is to declare bankruptcy, they said.
“The company can get out of its commitment to pay its dues by openly announcing bankruptcy,” said Adnan Khoja, member of the insurance committee at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI).
He said that if a company fails to pay medical insurance premium, then the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) — which is responsible for monitoring insurance companies — is informed.
The Council of Cooperative Health Insurance (CCHI) unusually intervenes when a private company fails to pay medical insurance premium for its employees, Khoja said.
When SAMA cancels a medical contract, the premiums are transferred into debts on a company, he said.
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