‘Retroactive’ Layoffs Trigger Class Action Against Nanotube Tech Company Hyperion Catalysis

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Hyperion Catalysis International, Inc. and its top executives face a proposed class action in which a former employee claims he and other workers are owed unpaid wages and accrued vacation time pay after being “retroactively” laid off in July 2023.

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The eight-page lawsuit says that, on July 10, employees of the Massachusetts-based nanotube development company were unable to enter their offices because of a dispute between Hyperion Catalysis and its landlord. Weeks later, on July 26, the company informed workers that they were “retroactively” laid off, dating back to July 7, the suit relays.

The case contends that Hyperion Catalysis, in violation of state law, did not pay any employee salaries between July 10 and July 26, nor did it issue a final paycheck to workers that included their accrued vacation time at the conclusion of their employment.

Between June 1 and July 26, the company also failed to make health insurance premium payments on behalf of each worker, as obligated by contract, the complaint alleges.

Along with Hyperion Catalysis, the filing names as defendants company president Samuel Wohlstadter, Director and Acting President Nadine Wohlstadter and Treasurer George Migausky.

The lawsuit looks to represent anyone who was employed by Hyperion Catalysis on July 7, 2023, not paid their wages between July 10 and July 26, 2023, not paid their accrued vacation time at the time of layoff and who did not receive health insurance premium payments made on their behalf beginning on June 1 of this year.

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