Benson v. Enterprise Leasing Company of Orlando, LLC et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

6:20-cv-00891

Court:

Florida Middle

Nature of Suit:

Labor: E.R.I.S.A.

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Roy B. Dalton, Jr.

Firms

Companies

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  1. March 23, 2022

    Ex-Enterprise Worker Asks Court To Approve Layoff Suit Deal

    A former Enterprise Rent-A-Car employee who was laid off during the COVID-19 pandemic and hit the company with a class action claiming it failed to notify workers of impending layoffs asked a Florida federal judge to sign off on a settlement.

  2. February 04, 2021

    11th Circ. May Decide If WARN Act Applies To Virus Closures

    The Eleventh Circuit may weigh in on how employers' obligations to alert workers to layoffs under the WARN Act apply to coronavirus-related closures after a federal judge Thursday greenlighted Enterprise's bid to appeal an order requiring the company to face a suit over pandemic layoffs.

  3. January 20, 2021

    Enterprise Asks To Appeal Order Rejecting WARN Act Defense

    Enterprise asked a Florida federal judge Tuesday for permission to appeal an order that rejected the company's legal argument that it can't be liable for unplanned layoffs as a result of the novel coronavirus, arguing the appeals court should address whether the pandemic falls under the WARN Act's natural disaster exception.

  4. January 04, 2021

    Enterprise Can't Shake WARN Act Liability Over Virus Layoffs

    A Florida federal judge has cleared a WARN Act case over Enterprise's coronavirus layoffs to move ahead, finding Monday that the federal statute's carveouts for employers facing extreme, unexpected situations don't completely neutralize protections for workers laid off during the pandemic.

  5. September 04, 2020

    Employment Suits To Watch 6 Months Into The Pandemic

    The pandemic has brought with it a wave of novel employment litigation, including lawsuits accusing businesses of not adequately protecting workers, denying disability accommodations and failing to notify workers before laying them off. Here, Law360 looks at six coronavirus-related employment suits to watch.

  6. August 04, 2020

    Enterprise Says Virus Layoffs Exempt From WARN Act

    The parent of Enterprise Rent-A-Car has pushed back on a former rental agent's suit claiming the company's coronavirus layoffs violated the WARN Act, insisting that the pandemic falls under the statute's carveout for "unforeseeable" situations.

  7. May 27, 2020

    Enterprise Hit With WARN Act Suit Over COVID-19 Mass Layoff

    A 34-year Enterprise Rent-A-Car employee laid off amid the novel coronavirus pandemic hit the company with a proposed class action in Florida federal court Wednesday, alleging its failure to notify its workers of coming mass layoffs "had a devastating economic impact" and violated the WARN Act.