SETTLEMENT APPROVED
Raisner Roupinian LLP brought suit in the Western District of Pennsylvania against US Investigations Services, LLC (“USIS”) on October 3, 2014. We sought to recover 60 days wages and benefits for former employees under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (“WARN”) Act. We contended USIS ordered mass layoffs on or about September 2014, without providing its employees with advance written notice. US Investigations Services, LLC, on February 8, 2015, filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. They did so in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. On February 9, 2015, Raisner Roupinian LLP transferred the WARN suit to the Delaware Bankruptcy Court.
On June 11, 2015, the WARN suit was certified as a class action. The settlement administrator mailed notice of the class action to the members of the WARN class on June 17, 2015.
The Delaware Bankruptcy Court granted preliminary approval on April 20, 2021 of a settlement of the Class’s WARN and ERISA claims against US Investigations Services, LLC (“USIS”). While the settlement provides for an unsecured allowed claim in the amount of $10.5 Million dollars, we estimate that the amount the estate will be able to distribute will be significantly less. The proposed settlement will be presented to the Bankruptcy Court for a final Fairness Hearing on June 23, 2021.
The Delaware Bankruptcy Court granted final approval on June 21, 2021, of a settlement of the Class’s WARN and ERISA claims against US Investigations Services, LLC (“USIS”).
The settlement administrator sent individual settlement checks to class members on May 3, 2022. Unclaimed funds were donated to United4Respect, a non-profit organization which advocates on behalf of workers.
WARN ACT
Raisner Roupinian LLP will provide you with information regarding your rights in this WARN class action. The federal WARN Act requires companies with 100+ full-time employees to provide them with 60 days’ written notice in advance of a mass layoff or plant closing. Additionally, certain states also have WARN Acts.
Without the required notice, an employer may be liable for 60 days’ wages and benefits to each affected employee.
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