Fourth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of WARN Suit Against Non-Employer Project Owner
By EsqSocial Corporation 06/12/21
The federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires employers to provide employees with 60 days advance notice of a plant closing or mass layoff. On Tuesday in an unreported decision, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (which includes North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia) affirmed dismissal of class action WARN claims from the employees of contractors who alleged they suddenly lost their jobs when the project they were working on was canceled....
By: Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP