March 23, 2022
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.
February 04, 2021
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.
January 20, 2021
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.
January 04, 2021
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.
September 04, 2020
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.
August 04, 2020
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.
May 27, 2020
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.