A FORMER Christie's Scottish Tapas restaurant worker has come forward to speak out on the shock liquidation. 

The member of staff, who did not want to be named, told the Press that they left their last job for a position at the Dunfermline eatery after being promised full-time hours. 

Less than one month later, it was revealed to staff the night before their closure that the business at Fife Leisure Park had entered voluntary liquidation. 

They said: "It was my choice to come back because I had worked there for just over a year before and it was a good place to work, the staff were really nice so I felt comfortable asking to come back.  

"I went in and spoke to my manager and he said ‘I can give you those full-time hours’."

Despite that assurance, the start date was delayed and they were being sent home early for shifts. 

The worker continued: "I was getting given like 20-25 hours a week. My first shift back was meant to be September 12, but they told me not to come in because it was too quiet and they couldn't afford to pay me for that shift.

"In total, from me being back, I had only done 10 shifts, I was being sent home like three hours early and I wasn't getting paid for the entire shift."

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While the information available online at Companies House showed that bosses had moved to have the restaurant wound up voluntarily in March, staff say they were unaware of the current situation. 

The eatery, which was led by directors David Blackwood and Thomas Malloy, closed on Monday, September 30 - with staff informed the night before. 

They continued: "None of us knew they were put into liquidation.  

"It’s annoying, even for other people, when we went into the meeting everyone was saying that they had just got a house, or a new car or there were bills to be paid.  

"I went back there because I trusted those people I worked with so it's more just anger and annoyance.

"I had no idea that the business was falling apart.

"[The hardest part would] definitely be them not saying anything and that they hired me so close to the closure. From my employment date to the closure date, it was 22 days.

"So it was such a short space of time for me to be working there, and for it to end so quickly." 

They went on to say that the liquidators of the company, McLaren Insolvency Practitioners Ltd, were at the meeting and were the outside firm helping staff get paid. 

They continued: "On my payslip, I would be getting £439 but if I go through the government, 30 per cent will be taken off, even if I wasn’t going to get taxed in the first place."