Sauder Schelkopf filed a WARN Act class action lawsuit in bankruptcy court against Yellow Corporation, a trucking company that operates throughout the United States. It was reported on August 1, 2023, that Yellow halted its operations. The closure threatens the jobs of nearly 30,000 employees. Yellow filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy on August 6, 2023, this comes just three years after receiving a $700 million pandemic-era lifeline from the federal government.
Epiq, the company, retained to disseminate official communications related to the Chapter 11 cases and administer claims as an agent of the Court established a website related to the Yellow bankruptcy.
The website contains important information that may impact your legal rights including:
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Employee Letter Regarding Proofs of Claim
As noted by the Department of Labor, “The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) protects workers, their families, and communities by requiring employers with 100 or more employees (generally not counting those who have worked less than six months in the last 12 months and those who work an average of less than 20 hours a week) to provide at least 60 calendar days advance written notice of a plant closing and mass layoff affecting 50 or more employees at a single site of employment.” An employer who violates the WARN provisions by ordering a plant closing or mass layoff without providing appropriate notice may be liable to each aggrieved employee for an amount including back pay and benefits for the period of violation, up to 60 days. The employer’s liability may be reduced by such items as wages paid by the employer to the employee during the period of the violation and voluntary and unconditional payments made by the employer to the employee. The WARN Act makes certain exceptions to the requirements when layoffs occur due to unforeseeable business circumstances, faltering companies, and natural disasters.
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