Update 1/30/12

On August 31, 2011, Outten & Golden filed suit against Video Monitoring Services of America ("VMS") to recover 60 days wages and benefits for former employees of VMS under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification ("WARN") Act and the NY WARN Act. We contend VMS ordered mass layoffs on or about August 26, 2011 without providing the employees with advance written notice. The case is pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The complaint focuses on the layoffs at New York, New York, Prescott, Maine, and Louisville, Kentucky.

On September 1, 2011, VMS filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. On September 2, 2011, Outten & Golden re-filed the WARN suit in that bankruptcy court, where the litigation is continuing.

Generally, the WARN Act requires companies to provide their employees with 60 days written notice in advance of a mass layoff or plant closing. In the absence of such notice, employers may be liable to each affected employee for 60 days wages and benefits.

To contact us regarding this matter, please call 1-877 4-OUTTEN and ask for Rene Roupinian or email her.

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