Guardian of Georgia Facing Class Action Over July 2022 Layoffs

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Guardian of Georgia, LLC faces a proposed class action lawsuit that alleges the security company failed to provide at least 60 days’ advance notice prior to a mass layoff in July 2022. 

The 11-page case says the Norcross, Georgia company ran afoul of the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act when it terminated approximately 200 employees without cause or notice on July 8.  

According to the suit, Guardian of Georgia is therefore obligated under the WARN Act to pay former employees wages, benefits, accrued bonuses and holiday pay, 401(k) contributions and commissions for the 60 days prior to their terminations. 

Per the complaint, Guardian of Georgia is subject to the WARN Act given it employed 100 or more employees, exclusive of part-time workers, or 100 employees who in aggregate worked at least 4,000 hours per week, exclusive of overtime. Moreover, the law applies to the defendant given the layoff resulted in the loss of employment for at least 50 employees, as well as 33 percent of its workforce at the facility. 

The lawsuit looks to cover former Guardian of Georgia employees who worked at the company’s Norcross facility and were terminated as part of a mass layoff and/or plant closing on or about July 8, 2022. 

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