Enterprise faces lawsuit after failure to warn laid-off employees

Enterprise faces a class action lawsuit after several employees of the car rental agency alleged they were terminated without prior warning in violation of a federal law that specifically requires employers to give notice before mass layoffs. The lawsuit may be one of many to come as employers throughout Texas and the country were forced to shut down and lay off employees because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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A former employee has filed a class action lawsuit against Enterprise Holdings, Inc., and two affiliates in a U.S. district court in Florida, seeking damages on behalf of herself and other former employees. The litigants are demanding 60 days of compensation and benefits based on allegations the company violated the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act.

According to the complaint, the class members were fired without cause on their part on or around April 27, 2020, as part of a mass layoff. The complaint states not only did Enterprise fail to give advance written notice of the termination or “as much notice as practicable,” as required under the WARN Act, but it gave no notice at all. The termination letter was sent out on April 27, though it was dated April 24, both of which were several days after the mass layoff, according to the lawsuit.