UPDATE 03/03/2023
The United States District Court for the District of Arizona, on March 3, 2023, certified our case as a class action and appointed Raisner Roupinian LLP as class counsel. The class is defined as Plaintiff and other similarly situated former employees who (i) worked at Santa Cruz Valley Regional Hospital (“SCVRH LLC” or the “Hospital”); (ii) were terminated without cause on July 22, 2022, or within ninety (90) days before or after July 22, 2022, as part of, or as the result of, a mass layoff or closing; (iii) are affected employees within the meaning of 29 U.S.C. § 2101(a)(5); and (iv) have not filed a timely request to opt-out of the class. Notice of the class action will be mailed by first class mail to all members of the class.
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Raisner Roupinian LLP filed a class action suit on August 11, 2022, against SCVRH LLC d/b/a/ Santa Cruz Valley Regional Hospital (“Defendant”), seeking to recover 60 days’ wages and benefits for former employees under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (“WARN”) Act, and payment of accrued vacation pay and other wages which are protected by the Arizona Wage Act.
We contend Defendant ordered mass layoffs on or about July 22, 2022, and within 90 days of that date, without providing 60 days’ advance written notice as required by the WARN Act, and that Defendant failed to pay employees’ unused, earned paid time off upon termination as required by the Arizona Wage Act. The case is pending in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
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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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