Blue Ridge Power LLC, a solar power engineering and construction firm, has been sued for failing to furnish about 465 employees with 60 days written notice that they will lose their jobs.
Lead plaintiff Tyler Beshears filed a class action complaint on behalf of those workers Wednesday at the US District Court for the Western District of North Carolina at Asheville. Alleging violation of the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN, Act, he is seeking unpaid wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, and other benefits for the 60-day WARN period, as well as attorneys’ fees and costs.
The workers ...