SETTLEMENT APPROVED
We filed suit against Level Solar, Inc. (“Level Solar”) on September 21, 2017, in the Supreme Court of the State of New York. We sought to recover up to 60 days wages and benefits for former employees under the New York Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (“WARN”) Act. We contended Defendant ordered mass layoffs on or about September 19, 2017, without providing their employees with 90 days advance written notice.
On December 4, 2017, Level Solar filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Subsequently, on February 7, 2018, we initiated a WARN suit in the Southern District of New York Bankruptcy Court. We did so on behalf of the employees of Level Solar who were terminated on or about September 19, 2017.
The Bankruptcy Court granted final approval on June 26, 2019, of a WARN settlement on behalf of employees who worked at the New York facilities located at 236 West 30th Street and 327 New South Road.
On November 10, 2020, following confirmation of the chapter 11 bankruptcy plan, the Level Solar Trustee mailed settlement checks (less class counsel’s fees, expenses, service payments, and applicable payroll withholding), to the members of the WARN class.
Settlement checks not cashed or deposited within six months were returned to the Level Solar Estate to pay other creditors.
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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