Employees of AD Vino Župa are facing one of the most difficult crises in the company’s history.
Their wages have been delayed for months, leaving around 200 workers on the brink of destitution. In addition to unpaid salaries, social security contributions have not been paid, meaning that many employees do not have validated health insurance cards.
Although a proposal to initiate bankruptcy proceedings has been submitted, the hearing has been postponed, and workers, as they claim, are left without clear information or concrete solutions.
“Salaries have been delayed for employees for the period from April to December 2025. Around 200 employees have been placed in serious existential insecurity, and due to unpaid contributions a large number of workers do not have validated health insurance cards, which further endangers employees and their families,” Biljana Filipović, one of the company’s employees, told Biznis.rs.
According to her, following complaints by employees and the trade union, a labour inspection was carried out due to unpaid wages, unpaid contributions and the inability to validate health insurance cards.
“The labour inspectorate was on site on 2 February, but despite this, to date there have been no concrete changes, nor have workers been granted their rights. Employees also have no clear information about what specific measures were taken after the inspection, nor whether the employer was given any concrete obligations or deadlines,” our interviewee points out.
Filipović adds that there is currently no regular production at full capacity in the company. Work is largely not taking place, and employees are formally still registered as being in employment, but without salaries, contributions or basic conditions.
“According to the information we have, a proposal to initiate bankruptcy proceedings has been submitted and the process is under way. The hearing that was supposed to determine further steps has been postponed for some reason, and a new hearing has been scheduled for 5 March. Employees have no clear information about what will happen next, while the process is dragging on and management is not communicating with sufficient transparency,” Filipović stresses.
She points out that workers are in a state of complete legal and existential uncertainty, without salaries and without validated health insurance cards, while the resolution of the situation continues to be delayed.
In a document submitted to our editorial office, in a notice to employees dated 21 January, it is stated that, despite efforts invested in negotiations with creditors to unblock the company’s accounts and secure financing for production, company representatives received information that a proposal had been filed to initiate bankruptcy proceedings against the company.
“At a meeting at the Ministry of Economy, we received assurances that all employees would be supported by the National Employment Service and the Solidarity Fund, as provided by law,” the document states, adding that workers will be informed of all further steps and that the resumption of work is postponed until further notice.
(Biznis.rs, 21.02.2026)