Raisner Roupinian LLP filed a class action suit on July 23, 2019, against Charming Charlie Holdings, Inc., Charming Charlie International LLC, Charming Charlie LLC, Charming Charlie Manhattan LLC, Charming Charlie USA, Inc., Poseidon Partners CMS, Inc., and Charming Charlie Canada LLC (together “Charming Charlie”) seeking to recover 60 days’ wages and benefits under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (“WARN”) Act. We contended Charming Charlie ordered a mass layoff on or about July 12, 2019, without providing its employees advance written notice.
The parties in this cash strapped estate reached a settlement in which a percentage of the estate’s collection recoveries were used to fund the WARN settlement. The settlement class consists of former employees who worked at, reported to, or received assignments from Charming Charlie’s facilities located at 6001 Savoy Drive, Houston, Texas and 13323 South Gessner Road, Missouri, Texas, and were terminated without cause on or about July 11, 2019, and within thirty days of that date, or as the reasonably foreseeable consequence of the mass layoffs.
The settlement was subject to preliminary and final approval by the Bankruptcy Court. On April 19, 2022, the Court granted preliminary approval and notice of the terms of the settlement was mailed to all class members on April 26, 2022. On June 6, 2022, the Bankruptcy Court granted final approval. In September 2023, approximately $575,000 was received by the settlement administrator on behalf of the WARN class.
Settlement checks were mailed to class members on October 10, 2023.
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If this mass layoff affected you, Raisner Roupinian LLP can provide you with updated information regarding your rights in this case. Generally, the WARN Act requires companies to provide their employees with 60 days’ written notice in advance of a mass layoff or plant closing. In the absence of such notice, employers may be liable to each affected employee for 60 days wages and benefits.
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