Pearson v. Component Technology Corp.

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Chief Judge.

The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (the WARN Act), 29 U.S.C. § 2101 et seq., mandates that employers provide workers with 60 days’ notice (subject to certain exceptions not at issue in this appeal) prior to a plant closing or mass layoff, and allows various remedies for workers when closures are not preceded by the requisite notification. Because a plant closure often presages a corporation’s demise, leaving workers with no source of satisfaction from their employer, plaintiffs have frequently sought damages from affiliated…