UPDATE 04/08/2025
On March 24, 2025, the Bankruptcy Court certified a class, for settlement purposes only, of non-union employees and preliminarily approved a WARN settlement of $8.75 Million. Notice was mailed to class members on April 7, 2025. A Fairness Hearing will be held on June 16, 2025, to consider final approval of this settlement.
The settlement class is defined as former non-union employees who suffered an employment loss as part of mass layoffs and/or plant closings as defined by the WARN Act (and when applicable, according to the California or New Jersey WARN Acts) on or about July 28, 2023, and within thirty days of that date or thereafter, without receiving at least 60 days’ advance written notice of termination, as required by the WARN Act and California WARN Act, or 90 days’ notice as required by the New Jersey WARN Act.
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Raisner Roupinian LLP filed a class action complaint on August 1, 2023, in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware against Yellow Corporation, YRC Inc. (d/b/a YRC Freight), USF Holland LLC, New Penn Motor Express LLC, and USF Reddaway Inc., (collectively, “Yellow” or “Defendants”) seeking to recover 60 days’ wages and benefits for terminated employees under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (“WARN”) Act, California Labor Code (“CAL-WARN Act”), and the New Jersey Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act (“New Jersey WARN Act”).
Additionally, a claim was brought of one week’s pay for every year of service, plus four weeks’ mandatory severance pay for terminated New Jersey employees under the New Jersey WARN Act.
On August 7, 2023, Yellow Corporation, YRC Inc. (d/b/a YRC Freight), USF Holland LLC, New Penn Motor Express LLC, and USF Reddaway Inc., (collectively, “Yellow” or “Defendants”) filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. In response, on August 8, 2023, we transferred our class action to the Delaware Bankruptcy Court where it is currently pending.
We contend the Defendants ordered mass layoffs on or about July 28, 2023, and within 30 days of that date, without providing 60 days’ written notice as required by the federal and California WARN Acts, and 90 days’ notice as required by New Jersey WARN Act.
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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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