UPDATE 10/04/2023
On December 30, 2022, United Furniture Industries, UFI California, Inc., UFI Transportation, Inc., LS Logistics, Inc. (collectively “UFI” or “Debtors”) was placed into involuntary bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Mississippi (the “Bankruptcy Court”). Accordingly, on January 3, 2023, Raisner Roupinian LLP filed a class action complaint in the Bankruptcy Court against UFI seeking to recover 60 days’ wages and benefits for former employees under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, the California Labor Code, and all relevant laws for Mississippi, and North Carolina, in addition to unpaid wages and vacation pay under applicable state wage laws.
Our class action suit on behalf of all terminated employees, filed November 28, 2022, in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, against Defendants Stage Capital, LLC and David Belford for WARN damages, unpaid wages and vacation pay continues to move forward. Trial is scheduled to commence November 21, 2023.
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Raisner Roupinian LLP filed a class action suit on November 28, 2022, against United Furniture Industries and its affiliates (collectively “Defendants”) seeking to recover 60 days wages and benefits for former employees under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and the California Labor Code (the WARN Acts), in addition to unpaid wages and vacation pay under applicable state wage laws.
We contend Defendants ordered mass layoffs or plant closings at their facilities in California, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Ohio, on or about November 21, 2022, without providing employees 60 days’ advance written notice as required by the federal and California WARN Acts. The case is pending in the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
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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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