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What Happens to My Unpaid Wages if My Employer Files for Bankruptcy? - Creditor’s Rights Toolkit

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When a company files for bankruptcy, it can be an unsettling time for the company's employees who may worry about job and financial security, including unpaid wages and employee benefits. While these concerns are legitimate,...more

Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP

WARN Update: Delaware Bankruptcy Court Issues Decision Analyzing the Application of the WARN Act in Chapter 11

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The Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification Act (“WARN Act”), as well as certain state statutes, require employers to provide employees with advance notice of a plant closing or a mass layoff. A company’s failure to provide...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Detail Matters: Recent Court Decision Finds Insufficient Information Limits Employer Reliance on WARN Exceptions

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A federal bankruptcy court held that an employer cannot rely on the “unforeseeable business circumstances” or “faltering company” exceptions to the federal Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification (WARN) Act’s 60-day advance...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

I’m WARNing You… Maybe? Bankruptcy Court Considers Exception to Layoff Notice Statute

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The federal Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification Act (the WARN Act), generally requires that employers give workers 60 days’ written notice of any plant closings or mass layoffs. If employers do not comply with this...more

Bennett Jones LLP

The Function and Limits of Directors and Officers Insurance Policies in Class Actions and the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act

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The Ontario Superior Court has held that claims made insurance policies issued to directors and officers upon a company filing for protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, RSC 1985, c C-36 (the CCAA) could...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Whistleblower’s Show Can Go On: Georgia Supreme Court Allows Complaint to Proceed Despite Inconsistent Bankruptcy Filing

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Your former employee sues you, but your employee-plaintiff filed for bankruptcy. You diligently research the bankruptcy filings and discover the employee did not disclose the lawsuit against you in those filings, which are...more

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