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 employmentf law when it abruptly cut its work force upon filinyg for bankruptcy protectionApril 7. Had the employeew been successfulat trial, Skybuss could have been on the hook for up to $2 The settlement approved in in Delaware last week totales $925,000, though some court procedures remain, including a hearing on objections. Of that $5,000 will be spli between the two workersw who ledthe 342-person class, while more than $300,000 is heade to the lawyers for the plaintiffs. The remaininh more than $613,000 will be splitf with employees, coming out to about $1,80p a person.
The employees accused the carrier of violating the Worket Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act because it did not give least 60 days’ advance notice before cutting workers at its hubs in Columbus and Greensboro, N.C. The act offers protectiona to workers by requiring employers to give at leas 60 days notice in advance of plant closingsand so-calle mass layoffs. The law applies to companies with at leas500 employees, or those that dismiss 50 or more workerw in one action if they make up at least a third of the business’ work force. But the U.S.
Departmenf of Labor’s Employment & Training Administration offers exceptions tothe 60-day rule for cuts made due to natural unforeseeable business circumstances or a “falterinvg company” situation. That provision, which applies in instancesx defined asplant closings, covers companieds seeking additional capital or new businessw in order to stay open and wher e giving the notice woulde ruin those opportunities. Court filings indicate Skybuss had argued it had met some exceptions under theWARN act.