Raisner Roupinian LLP, on July 7, 2020, filed a class proof of claim against Klausner Lumber Two, LLC, and related entities (collectively “Klausner”), seeking to recover 60 days wages and benefits for former employees who worked at the Enfield, North Carolina facility and were terminated on or about March 16, 2020 in violation of the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act and for unpaid wages and accrued paid time off.
We contended Klausner ordered mass layoffs on or about March 16, 2020, without providing its employees with advance written notice as required by the WARN Act and that Klausner was also liable to the terminated employees for unpaid wages and accrued paid time off. The case was settled in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”) where Klausner Lumber Two, LLC filed for bankruptcy protection on June 10, 2020.
The Bankruptcy Court granted final approval of the WARN and wage settlement on September 14, 2021.
Payment of the WARN settlement was tied to confirmation and the effective date of the bankruptcy plan.
Settlement checks were mailed to class members on August 26, 2022.
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If this plant closing 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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