Strauss Borrelli PLLC, a leading class action law firm, is investigating Zachry Group (“Zachry”) regarding its recent mass layoffs in Sabine Pass, Baytown, Orange, and Beaumont, Texas, for possible violations of the Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification (“WARN”) Act. 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 Zachry employees may be entitled to sixty days of severance pay and benefits.
WHAT HAPPENED?
On May 24, 2024, Zachry sent a WARN Act notice letter to the Texas Workforce Commission stating that it would be conducting mass layoffs at its facilities in Sabine Pass, Baytown, Orange, and Beaumont, Texas on May 21, 2024, and that it would be permanent in nature. 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. However, Zachry failed to provide at least 60 days’ notice before laying off 4,410 employees and therefore potentially violating the WARN Act.
ABOUT ZACHRY GROUP:
Founded in 1924, Zachry Group provides engineering, construction, maintenance, turnaround and fabrication services to the energy, chemicals, power, manufacturing, and industrial sectors.1 Zachry has experience in the development, design and construction of gas infrastructure, including pretreatment, liquefaction and other processing facilities and transmission terminals.2
If you or someone you know were laid off by Zachry Group:
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