UPDATE 10/13/2022
The Court, on August 23, 2022, granted our motion to certify the WARN case as a class action and appointed the Plaintiffs as class representatives, as well as, designating class counsel.
The class is defined as Plaintiffs and all persons (i) who worked at Defendant’s Las Vegas Facility and/or who worked in Defendant’s sales or engineering departments, (ii) who were terminated without cause beginning on or about September 11, 2020, and within 30 days of that date, or were terminated without cause as the reasonably foreseeable consequence of the mass layoff and/or plant closing ordered by Defendant on or about September 11, 2020, (iii) who are affected employees within the meaning of 29 U.S.C. 2101(a)(5), and (iv) who have not filed a timely request to opt-out of the class.
On September 23, 2022, notice of the class action was mailed to those former employees who fall within the definition of the class.
The case has now moved to the merits discovery phase When we have more information, we will post it here.
PREVIOUS UPDATE
Raisner Roupinian LLP filed a class action suit on September 16, 2020, against NS8 Inc. (“NS8”), seeking to recover 60 days wages and benefits for former employees under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (“the “WARN Act”). We contend NS8 ordered mass layoffs at its facilities on or about September 11, 2020, without providing its employees with 60 days’ advance written notice. The case is pending in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
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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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