Kildea v. Electro Wire Products, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

NEWBLATT, District Judge.

Before the Court are cross motions for partial summary judgment. Defendant’s motion is DENIED, and plaintiffs’ motion is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.

This action arises under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (“the Act”), 29 U.S.C. § 2101 et seq. (1988). For our purposes, the Act basically provides that employers of a certain size must give affected employees 60 days’ notice of a mass layoff or plant closing.

Plaintiffs consist of two overlapping classes of former employees: those who were allegedly laid off in a…