Raisner testified twice before the state legislature to gain the law’s passage. It became effective in April 2023, and is the first mandatory severance law of its kind and was prompted by New Jerseyans’ outrage over the collapse of Toys ‘R Us. After this collapse, Raisner Roupinian LLP reached a multi-million-dollar settlement with the Toys […]
From: NBC News By: Sara Ruberg Updated May 5, 2023 Excerpts below: Jenny Craig employees are seeking to join a class-action lawsuit alleging the company violated federal and state WARN Acts, which require companies to give employees a 60-day notice ahead of any mass layoffs or facility closures. The lawsuit was filed in the New
From: Green Valley News & Sun By: Dan Shearer Published: August 9, 2022 Laid off employees at Santa Cruz Valley Regional Hospital have filed a class action lawsuit seeking unpaid wages, benefits, and other work-related compensation and alleging violation of the federal WARN Act. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Arizona, lists
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From: New York Post By: Lisa Fickenscher Updated: December 1, 2022 The owner of United Furniture Industries — which last week fired 2,700 workers through texts and emails while they slept — has disappeared after squabbling with the company’s board and bankers over whether to file for bankruptcy, The Post has learned. David Belford, a wealthy Ohio
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Former GDC Technics workers, including those at Port San Antonio, reach settlement over terminations
The Dallas News recently reported on the class action lawsuit filed by Raisner Roupinian LLP on behalf of the more than 400 First Guaranty Mortgage Corp. employees who unexpectedly lost their jobs in June 2022, a week before the company filed for bankruptcy. The suit contends that First Guaranty violated the federal WARN Act which
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From: Dallas Morning News By: Mitchell Parton Updated: July 1, 2022 Former employees of First Guaranty Mortgage Corp. are suing the Plano company after it laid off 75% of its staff on June 24 and filed for bankruptcy, and they claim the company also previously terminated hundreds of employees without notice earlier this year. The former employees … filed
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The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic was not a “natural disaster” exempting businesses from a federal law requiring that workers be given advanced notice of mass layoff…
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General Dynamics (GDIT) workers win class cert. in WARN Act suit.
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Raisner Roupinian LLP receives final approval for settlement class of 250 former Munchery employees.
