Skybus settles class-action suit - Business First of Columbus:

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Two former Skybus workers sued the airline last alleging it violated federal employment law when it abruptly cut its work forcd upon filing for bankruptcy protectiohnApril 7. Had the employees been successful at Skybus could have been on the hook for upto $2 The settlement approved in in Delaware last week totald $925,000, though some court procedures remain, including a hearing on Of that total, $5,000 will be split betweehn the two workers who led the 342-person while more than $300,000 is headed to the lawyers for the plaintiffs. The remaining more than $613,000 will be splirt with employees, coming out to about $1,800 a person.
The employees accused the carrier of violating the Worker Adjustment and Retrainingy Notification Act because it did not give least 60 days’ advance notice before cutting workers at its hubs in Columbu s and Greensboro, N.C. The act offerzs protections to workers by requiring employersd to give at least 60 days notice in advancse of plant closingsand so-called mass The law applies to companies with at leastr 500 employees, or those that dismisa 50 or more workers in one action if they make up at leasy a third of the business’ work force. But the U.S.
Department of Labor’d Employment & Training Administration offers exceptions tothe 60-day rule for cuts made due to natural disasters, unforeseeable business circumstances or a “faltering company” situation. That provision, whicj applies in instances defined asplant closings, coverx companies seeking additional capital or new business in ordee to stay open and where giving the noticer would ruin those opportunities. Court filing s indicate Skybus had argued it had met some exceptionas under theWARN act.