A class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on behalf of over 1,500 employees who were laid off by the Defendants, Signature Aluminum, Inc., FKAWXP, Inc., Atlantic Aluminum, LLC and Temroc Metal, Inc., in February 2009 and thereafter without receiving the notice required under federal law. Mr. McIntyre was a maintenance mechanic at the Signature Aluminum / Temroc Metals facility in Hamel, Minnesota.
On April 3, 2009, the Defendants filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. The lawsuit claims that the Defendants violated the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (the "WARN Act") which provides that employers must give 60 days notice to employers prior to a plant closing or mass layoff.
The lawsuit seeks 60 days wages and benefits in lieu of the notice for Mr. McIntyre and all other laid-off employees of Signature and its affiliates throughout the United States.
