WARN Act

April 17, 2020 Two former Hooters employees claim nearly 700 workers were not provided with proper notice before being terminated in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

January 7, 2020 A proposed class action claims Response Marketing Group terminated approximately 600 employees without providing mandatory prior notification.

July 25, 2019 A former Charming Charlie employee has filed a proposed class action lawsuit wherein she claims the women’s fashion retailer violated federal law when it laid off approximately 200 employees without warning after filing for bankruptcy.

April 16, 2019 Avon Products faces a proposed class action over its alleged practice of misclassifying certain workers as independent contractors exempt from labor protections.

March 5, 2019 Laser Spine Institute faces a proposed WARN Act class action after roughly 500 employees were laid off without notice due to the abrupt closure of its Tampa facility.

December 13, 2018 A proposed class action alleges the operators of Brightwood College intentionally misled students and staff about how long the school would remain open and effectively robbed them of degrees and tuition money.

December 10, 2018 Education Corporation of America has been named in a proposed class action filed by former employees who claim they were not given proper notice of the for-profit college chain's abrupt closure of dozens of schools and are owed lost wages and benefits.

December 10, 2018 Two former Education Corporation of America (ECA) employees have filed suit against the for-profit college chain on behalf of approximately 3,000 workers who were laid off as part of the organization’s mass closure of dozens of schools.

November 14, 2018 Defy Media, LLC has been hit with a proposed class action on behalf of former employees who were laid off without notice when the digital media company shuttered its Beverly Hills facility.

November 6, 2018 A lawsuit filed against Zacky Farms and Zacky & Sons Poultry claims the companies laid off hundreds of employees without providing proper advance notice.

October 23, 2018 A lawsuit alleges Cardinal Metal Finishing broke the law by failing to provide employees with advance notice before engaging in a mass layoff.

September 25, 2018 Telltale Games finds itself staring down a WARN Act class action just days after the company abruptly shut down and laid roughly 275 employees.

July 16, 2018 A proposed class action claims RNYK LLC; J & R Electronics Inc; and Cupola Apts, LLC terminated approximately 100 employees without proper notice.

May 25, 2018 A proposed class action has been filed against Swap.com, Inc. after the company supposedly terminated almost 200 employees without providing at least 60 days’ notice.

May 1, 2018 A proposed class action against REN Media Group USA, Inc. takes issue with the defendant’s alleged failure to provide employees 60 days’ notice of their termination as a result of a plant shutdown.

April 27, 2018 Sunlight Supply, Inc. is on the receiving end of a proposed class action lawsuit alleging the company failed to provide workers 60 days’ notice of a mass layoff in accordance with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.

April 20, 2018 Call center operator Centerfield Media Holding Company is the defendant in a proposed class action that seeks 60 days’ worth of allegedly unpaid compensation and benefits owed to terminated employees.

December 15, 2017 Two plaintiffs claim Patriot National and Guarantee Insurance Co. violated the WARN Act by executing a mass layoff without providing 60 days notice.

October 20, 2017 Daniel Defense, Inc. is on the receiving end of a proposed class action that claims it executed a mass layoff without warning, in violation of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988.

September 13, 2017 A former employee claims Classic Party Rentals broke the law by failing to provide proper notice before laying off employees after the company was bought.

August 16, 2017 Fluor Corporation, subsidiary Fluor Enterprises, Inc. and SCANA Corporation are facing claims that they violated the WARN Act by failing to provide proper notification of termination to approximately 5,000 employees who were laid off on July 31, 2017.