Luka Koper released a statement yesterday in which they announced that they have received a lawsuit from the company IPS Projekt in the amount of EUR 20.7m.

Although it is not specified in the release, the lawsuit is most likely linked to the recent shift the company’s employment model. As a reminder, in 2019 Luka Koper started to implement their action plan by which the port introduced a three-pillar model for their services providers, which comprises 307 new regular employments (first pillar), 346 outsourced agency workers (second pillar) and the cooperation with contracting companies in single areas (third pillar).

According to some media writings, the company IPS Projekt was founded by a group of entrepreneurs who lost their jobs when Luka Koper finally terminated its long-term cooperation with IPS companies in January this year, as a result of the above mentioned shift in employment model.

We will follow the situation closely and report on any new developments.