SETTLEMENT APPROVED
We filed suit against Crowne Architectural Systems, Inc., Inc. (“Crowne”) on April 14, 2017. We sought to recover 60 days wages and benefits for former employees under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (“WARN”) Act or lost wages, including severance pay equal to one week of pay for each full year of employment, under the New Jersey WARN Act. We contended Crowne ordered mass layoffs on or about February 16, 2017. And did so, without providing its employees with 60 days advance written notice.
Subsequently, on April 17, 2019, the Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey granted final approval of a $900,000 class settlement. This settlement was inclusive of attorneys’ fees, expenses, and the class representative’s service payment.
On September 28, 2020, the settlement administrator sent individual checks to the members of the WARN class. Importantly, class members had 90 days from the date checks were issued to deposit them. Any checks remaining uncashed were deposited with the Registry of the Court.
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. Notably, 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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