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WARN Act Class Action Layoffs

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Noncompliance with Federal and State WARN Acts Could Be Costly for Employers

One now-shuttered digital media startup learned a hard lesson about the importance of complying with the requirements of the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and its New York state-equivalent....more

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Federal Lawsuit in New York Raises Questions About Remote Workers’ Rights Under State WARN Laws

The media companies Paramount Global and CBS Interactive, Inc., are facing a class-action lawsuit in federal court over recent layoffs, which allegedly occurred without the proper warning. The outcome of the case may shed...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Detail Matters: Recent Court Decision Finds Insufficient Information Limits Employer Reliance on WARN Exceptions

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A federal bankruptcy court held that an employer cannot rely on the “unforeseeable business circumstances” or “faltering company” exceptions to the federal Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification (WARN) Act’s 60-day advance...more

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Five Types of Class Action Risks Following a Layoff

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Lately it seems like you can’t go a day without seeing news of another round of layoffs affecting workers and companies across the U.S. As companies seek to cut costs, however, they should be wary of the legal risks that come...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

Layoffs Accelerate As Employers Struggle with Record Inflation

As the economy continues to struggle amidst the ravages of 40-year-high inflation, employers are finding it increasingly difficult to maintain their current staffing levels. While the tech industry has been the epicenter...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Managing Legal and Reputational Risks When Right-Sizing Your Workforce

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Reductions in force can help lower your company’s operating expenses, but if not undertaken with empathy, they might have the opposite effect. The “Great Resignation” has left a general scarcity of employees in the labor...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Twitter Sued for Alleged Violations of Federal and State WARN Acts

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Are you confused about the lawsuit filed on November 3, 2022 against Twitter claiming that its recent and impending layoffs violate the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (the “WARN Act”) and state...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Plan for Recession Layoffs Now To Avoid Delay and Liability

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As economists and news outlets inform us daily, there's a high chance that a recession is coming. In fact, some believe it is already here. As the threat of recession looms, forward-looking employers should prepare for a...more

Littler

Fifth Circuit Rules that COVID-19 Pandemic Did Not Trigger the “Natural Disaster” Exception to WARN Notice Requirements

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In the first such decision from a federal appellate court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled the COVID-19 pandemic is not a “natural disaster” that exempts employers from providing advance notice of...more

Perkins Coie

Florida Court Refuses to Dismiss COVID-19-Related WARN Case Based on Natural Disaster Exception

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A judge for the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, on March 17, 2022, denied defendant Scribe Opco, Inc.’s motion to dismiss a class action alleging violations of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Fourth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of WARN Suit Against Non-Employer Project Owner

The federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires employers to provide employees with 60 days advance notice of a plant closing or mass layoff. On Tuesday in an unreported decision, the Fourth...more

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

Recent Federal District Court Ruling Provides Insight Into How WARN Act May Apply To COVID-Related Workforce Cuts

The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act is a federal law that requires employers to provide advance notice to their workforce in the event of a qualified plant closing or mass layoff. With certain...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Employers Likely to Face a Wave of COVID-19 Class Action Litigation

As the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to drastically impact the U.S., class action lawsuits have been on the rise. Despite court closures, class action filings have increased and are expected to continue. ...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Class Action Trends Report Summer 2020

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Employers continue to grapple with an ongoing, unprecedented public health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and its after-effects, which have profoundly disrupted the nation’s economy and U.S. workplaces. In this issue,...more

Fisher Phillips

Fair WARNing: COVID-19 WARN Act Class Action Filed Against Hooters

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It took less than a month for the plaintiffs’ bar to seize upon what is likely to be the first of many COVID-19-related class action lawsuits alleging violations of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, also...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Coming Surge Of Workplace Class Actions In The Wake Of COVID-19

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Seyfarth Synopsis: As employers begin laying the groundwork for reopening and returning their businesses to “normal,” a large threat of a different form looms on the horizon. ...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Fifteen-yard penalty for failure to WARN 

The Alliance of American Football (AAF) is the latest victim in a long line of leagues that have attempted to offer professional football outside of the NFL. In early April of this year, the AAF “iced the kicker” and closed...more

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Web Exclusive December 2017: The Top 14 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there were an unprecedented number of changes each month in 2017. December was no different,...more

Jones Day

Without WARN-ing: Third Circuit Clarifies WARN Act's Unforeseen Business Circumstances Exception

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Valera v. AE Liquidation, Inc., the Third Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with five other circuits in holding that WARN notice was not required where an external event outside the employer's control triggering layoffs was...more

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation

Not So Final WARNing: Sixth Circuit Finds That Employment Ends with Termination of Wages, Not Notice

In Morton v. Vanderbilt Univ., 2016 WL 52439 (6th Cir. Jan. 5, 2016), the Sixth Circuit recently held that, for purposes of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (“WARN Act”), employment does not end at notice...more

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