November 15, 2022
A Florida koozie maker reached a $350,000 settlement in a proposed federal class action brought by an employee who said the company didn't give workers a 60-day advance notice before they were laid off at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
September 12, 2022
A supplier of promotional products urged a Florida federal court not to grant class certification to a former employee's Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act lawsuit, saying that the proposed class includes workers who didn't lose their jobs.
April 19, 2022
A former employee for a supplier of promotional products urged a Florida federal court to grant class certification in his Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act suit, arguing the company failed to give hundreds of workers enough notice they were getting fired.
March 18, 2022
A Florida federal judge has rejected a bid by one of the largest suppliers of promotional products to invoke a natural disasters exception to avoid an employee's proposed class suit alleging sudden layoffs spurred by the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic violated the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.
February 18, 2022
The "natural disaster" exception to federal layoff notice law does not excuse shutdowns indirectly tied to the COVID-19 pandemic, a union coalition said Friday, backing a worker in a proposed Florida federal class action against a pen maker Bic's custom printing unit.
December 10, 2020
A former employee of BIC Graphic, the custom printing arm of the brand known for its ballpoint pens, filed a proposed class suit Wednesday claiming the company violated the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act by laying off more than 100 workers at two Florida facilities without warning.