SETTLEMENT IN SHOP-VAC WARN CASE
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 United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania adjudicated this case.
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, the settlement administrator sent notice of the settlement by first class mail to all class members.
Subsequently, the Court granted final approval of the settlement following a hearing on January 15, 2025.
On March 28, 2025, the settlement administrator sent out class members’ individual settlement checks by first class mail. The court approved settlement agreement mandates that any remaining funds shall be donated to a designated charity in central Pennsylvania.
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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 at least 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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