On July 2, 2008, American announced furloughs of up to 950 flight attendants, via Texas' Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act system.
When Congress passed the law, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, it said nothing about what the statute of limitations should be.
The lawsuit alleged that Foxtons violated the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, 29 U.S.C. 2101, et seq.
The law, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, explicitly says that unions may seek damages on behalf of their members.
It charges the two St. Louis-based contractors with violating the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which requires 60 days' advance notice of layoffs.
In May, all 19,000 workers had been warned (as required by the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act) that they could face a mass layoff.
A lawyer for the workers said Monday that he did not know of any other suits filed under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which took effect Feb. 4.
Such occurrences may be subject to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN).
The group has monitored an estimated 100 cases filed since the Worker Adjustment and Retaining Notification Act, known as the Warn Act, became law in 1989.
A. There's a reasonable case to be made to extend the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to these situations.