Raisner Roupinian LLP filed a class action suit on May 28, 2021, against Shop-Vac Corporation (“Shop-Vac”), seeking to recover 60 days wages and benefits for former employees under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (“WARN”) Act. We contended Shop-Vac ordered mass layoffs at its facilities on or about September 15, 2020, without providing its employees with 60 days’ advance written notice as required by the WARN Act. The case was adjudicated in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
The Settlement Class was defined as all former employees who worked at or reported to Shop-Vac Corporation’s facility in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and were terminated on or about September 15, 2020, or within 90 days of that date, or as the reasonably foreseeable consequence of this mass layoff or plant closing.
On October 29, 2024, the United States District Court for the Middle District of PA, granted preliminary approval of a $1,000,000 settlement, subject to final approval. On November 13, 2024, notice of the settlement was sent by first class mail to all class members.
On January 15, 2025, following a hearing, the Court granted final approval of the settlement.
We expect individual settlement checks to be mailed to class members by the end of April 2025. When we have more information about the timing of the mailing, we will post it here.
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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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