Construction Workers Get Class Status in Mass Layoff Suit

Former Pacific Rim Land Development LLC workers who sued the company over mass layoffs without adequate notice can proceed as a class, according to a court order.

The former employees met class certification requirements of numerosity, commonality, typicality, and adequacy, Judge Ramona V. Manglona of the US District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands said Friday.

There were 100 or more construction employees, and they worked “every week in excess of 40 hours per employee,” according to the complaint filed last June. The plaintiffs claim more than 70 of them were terminated during October 2018, which the company “did not ...