Eleventh Circuit Rules That Casino Failed to Meet WARN’s Unforeseeable Business Circumstances Exception
In Weekes-Walker v. Macon Cnty. Greyhound Park, Inc. (11th Cir., No. 12-14673, Aug. 5, 2013), the employees of Macon County Greyhound Park Inc. (“MCGP”) filed suit under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act of 1988 (“WARN”), alleging that MCGP violated WARN’s requirement that prior to a plant closing or a mass layoff, an employer must provide employees with 60-days notice. In January 2010, MCGP, an Alabama casino, temporarily laid off...
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