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Last week, two former Tesla employees filed a class-action lawsuit against Tesla, accusing the electric automaker of laying off “thousands” of workers without issuing the federally required notice. 

“Zero Days Advance Notice” For Layoffs

Under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act), employers are required to provide 60 days advance written notice before a mass layoff. However, according to the complaint filed by John Lynch and Daxton Hartsfield, Tesla employees were fired “effectively immediately” and given no explanation for the

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According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) entitles eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave per year for specified family and medical reasons. On June 1, 2022, the Seventh Circuit held that employers can be found in violation of the FMLA even without formally denying employees their benefits. More specifically, the court’s decision in Ziccarelli v. Dart established that discouraging FMLA leave can be just as unlawful as denying

Last month, online used-car retailer Carvana cut 12% of its workforce in a mass layoff of 2,500 employees. Many of the impacted workers were let go via Zoom, recalling an incident from last December during which Better.com fired over 900 employees in similar fashion.

Aftermath of the Mass Layoff

Carvana’s announcement was met with disappointment and disbelief, much of which was voiced on social media. “Carvana is just the next company to opt for the ‘mass chaotic zoom firing’…why are we still