SETTLEMENT APPROVED BY COURT
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 contended 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 United States District Court for the District of Arizona adjudicated the case.
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.
Importantly, the certified class of eligible class members is defined as all former employees who worked at Santa Cruz Valley Regional Hospital (SCVRH LLC or the “Hospital”) and were terminated without cause on July 22, 2022, or within 90 days before or after that date, as the result of a mass layoff or closing.
On August 26, 2024, the Court granted preliminary approval of an $800,000 settlement subject to notice and final approval. On September 4, 2024, the settlement administrator mailed notice of the settlement to all class members. The court granted final approval of the settlement on October 29, 2024.
The settlement administrator then sent individual checks by first class mail to class members on November 26, 2024.
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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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