Resort World New York City closed its Aquaduct buffet in 2014, but the employees who worked there still lead a legal battle against the casino. Employees claim that the contract was terminated unfairly by the employer and that they were not warned about it. Now the court has ruled that class action should resume.
Under the Federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, large business employers are required to provide workers with 60 days of notification in the event of a significant change in the company’s workforce. In addition, Empire State has a similar rule that extends the minimum time to alert employees to 90 days before the change.
This week, a panel of three judges from the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals voted 2-1 in favor of resuming class action lawsuits against Genting America and Casino. The majority of the two judges said 177 workers had filed a complaint against their employers at the time of dismissal, accusing them of violating federal and state laws. Casino said the buffet continues to lose money.
Restaurant staff claim to have heard that the restaurant was closed the day it stopped working. Then, they teamed up to sue the casino. In March 2021, Judge Leo Glaser of the U.S. District Court stated on the side of his employer that he did not require WARN submissions because layoffs due to the restaurant’s closure did not significantly reduce the hotel’s overall staff. Buffet layoffs accounted for less than 10% of the total workforce, according to the casino.
But this week, circuit judges Denny Chin and John Newman concluded that the class action provided grounds that the federal government should have submitted a WARN Act notice. The employer responded that the aqueduct buffet was not a single unit of the building or a separate entity, and pointed out that many workers also worked regularly in other casino restaurants.
Both judges think employers should have given the federal WARN notice. They concluded that the district court stumbled in the process of making a summary judgment on private companies and dismissing the plaintiffs’ claims under the WARN Act. Now, the case has been formally remanded for further proceedings in the future.
Meanwhile, Resort World New York City can expand its gaming facilities and add more gambling options if approved under one of three commercial gaming licenses in Downstate, New York. According to CGS-CIMB Research, it is one of the leading locations because it already operates in the state’s gambling sector.
But in addition to that, gaming hotspots are also behind community support, which will be a major factor in determining who gets the certificate. In 2021, Queens community groups and organizations voiced support for expansion, arguing that an expanded gaming base would provide more jobs for locals and economic benefits for the region.
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