UPDATE 12/23/2024
On November 13, 2024, the Court granted preliminary approval of a settlement of the WARN class action. The Court also certified the WARN class action, appointed the Plaintiff as the class representative, and Raisner Roupinian LLP as Class Counsel.
The certified class (the “Class”) is defined as all persons who worked at or reported to Defendants’ qualified sites who suffered an employment loss on or about May 3, 2016, or as the reasonably foreseeable consequence of a mass layoff and/or plant closing by the Defendant per the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (“WARN”) Act.
Notice of this class action was mailed to class members on November 27, 2024, and the settlement was approved on December 19, 2024, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
The amount available for distribution to the Class will depend on the amount of funds available in the IBS bankruptcy estates at the conclusion of those bankruptcy cases. When we have more information on the amount available for distribution and the date settlement checks will be mailed to class members, we will post the information here.
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PREVIOUS UPDATE
Raisner Roupinian LLP filed suit on May 13, 2016, against Excel Homes Group, LLC, Excel Homes of Virginia, LLC, Excel Homes of Maine, LLC, Excel Homes of New York, LLC, Innovative Buildings Systems, LLC, Innovative Design and Building Services, LLC, Innovative Shared Services, LLC, AAH of Indiana, LLC, AAH of Iowa, LLC, HandCrafted Enterprises, LLC and HandCrafted Holdings, LLC (collectively “IBS”) seeking to recover 60 days wages and benefits for former employees under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (“WARN”) Act. We contend IBS ordered mass layoffs on or about May 3, 2016, without providing its employees with advance written notice. The case is pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
WARN ACT – CONTACT US
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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