Strauss Borrelli PLLC, a leading class action law firm, is investigating Sentara Health regarding its recent potential mass layoff in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The WARN Act is a federal law that requires certain employers to notify their employees, in writing, at least 60 days before a plant closing or mass layoff takes effect. As a result, we believe Sentara Health employees may be entitled to 60 days of severance pay and benefits.
WHAT HAPPENED?
On October 3, 2025, Sentara Health notified the Virginia Department of Workforce Development and Advancement of its decision to conduct a mass layoff at its facility in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The federal law, known as the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, requires covered employers to provide 60 days’ prior written notice to employees, their representatives, and certain government parties in the event of a mass layoff or plant closing. We are investigating whether Sentara Health failed to provide at least 60 days’ notice before laying off 127 employees and, therefore, violated the WARN Act.v
ABOUT THE WARN ACT:
The WARN Act is a federal law passed in 1988 by Congress that requires employers with 100 or more employees to provide a 60-day notice of significant layoffs or plant closings. This notice gives workers and their families time to prepare for job loss, seek new employment, and pursue training or retraining opportunities. The WARN Act aims to reduce the impact of sudden job loss on workers and communities by ensuring they have sufficient time to transition. Generally, employees must receive a WARN Act notice if they are laid off or if their hours are cut by 50% or more in any six-month period because of a plant closing or mass layoff. It is possible that a temporary layoff may still violate the WARN Act if it ends up lasting longer than six months.
Employers who do not follow the WARN Act rules, either by giving notice too late or providing unclear notices, may have to pay employees back pay and benefits for the time they were in violation.
If you or someone you know was laid off from Sentara Health, we would like to speak with you about your rights and potential legal remedies. Please fill out the form below or contact us at 872.263.1100 or sam@straussborrelli.com
ABOUT SENTARA HEALTH:
Sentara Health, headquartered in Hampton Roads, Virginia, is a not-for-profit health care delivery system. It is one of the largest health systems in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and Southeast, and among the top 20 largest not-for-profit integrated health systems in the country, with 30,000 employees, 12 hospitals in Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina, and the Sentara Health Plans division which serves more than 1.2 million members in Virginia and Florida.1
If you or someone you know was laid off from Sentara Health in Virginia Beach, Virginia:
We would like to speak with you about your rights and potential legal remedies. Please fill out the form below or contact us at 872.263.1100 or sam@straussborrelli.com.
