HäSa: Two former directors are taking bus company Vekka Group to court

Vekka Group is accused of, among other things, unpaid wages and holiday pay.

Last October, Tomi Vasiliev filed a lawsuit against Vekka Group for termination of his employment.

Vekka had terminated his contract at the beginning of 2024. Vasiliev left his position as CEO of the company already in 2023.

The City of Hämeenlinna announced on Tuesday that the bus company Vekka Group has unexpectedly terminated all contracts for public transport in Hämeenlinna.

From the notification sent by Veka to the city, it appears that the reason for terminating the contract is distrust towards the city. The cause of mistrust is Vasiljev’s appointment as the city’s public transport manager in September.

Vasiljev no longer works as Hämeenlinna’s public transport manager.

Another former director seeks his salary claim

Vekka Group bought Lehtimäki Liikente in autumn 2022.

The summons submitted to the Päijät-Häme district court in November concerns unpaid vacation compensation and waiting period pay for the spring, summer and fall of 2022. The total amount is more than 12,000 euros, plus interest.

According to the challenge, Mikko Lehtimäki served as CEO of Lehtimäki Transport until October 2022. After that, he served as business manager for about a month and a half, until it was agreed to terminate his employment on the last day of November 2022.

Vekka Group in financial difficulties

According to the information Yle received on Tuesday, Vekka Group is struggling with at least some kind of financial problems.

The company owes both the cities of Vaasa and Tampere a total of hundreds of thousands of euros.

According to Intrum, which monitors company payment information, Vekka Group has payment delays of hundreds of thousands of euros.

Vekka Group has no actual records of payment failures.

In the previous fiscal year, the company made a loss of more than 800,000 euros.