http://business-news.thestreet.com//story/solyndra-agrees-pay-35-million-settlement-its-laid-employees/1 (hidethestreet)
FREMONT — Solyndrahas agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle claims that the bankrupt solar company failed to properly notify employees that it was halting operations.
About 1,100 employees lost their jobs with no warning when Solyndra, a solar panel maker, closed its doors in August 2011. A few days after that, last September, the company filed for bankruptcy.
Employees, including Peter Kohlstadt and Dan Braun, sued Solyndra. They claimed they were entitled to at least 60 days’ notice before losing their jobs, according to public documents filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware.
State rules oblige employers to file what is known as a WARN notice to notify workers that layoffs or a shutdown could occur at their workplace.
