Lawsuit Filed Against Company that Unexpectedly Laid Off Over 600 Construction Workers

A month and a half after over 600 workers employed by Wanzek Construction to complete the state-of-the-art solar-powered steel mill expansion were unexpectedly laid off, a federal lawsuit has been filed against the company on February 14.

The lawsuit, filed by attorney Jack Simpson of Langston & Lott in Booneville Mississippi, alleges that Wanzek violated conditions of the “WARN Act” or federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. Simpson filed it in Colorado District Court on behalf of a Pueblo resident who was laid off, Joseph Padilla.

“The WARN Act requires large employers such as Wanzek, to give 60 days notice before they conduct a mass layoff,” Simpson told 13 Investigates. “None of these employees were given any sort of severance pay or any sort of heads up prior to this layoff.”

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