Food Retailers Foxtrot, Dom’s, Outfox Sued Over Mass Layoffs (1)

Food retailers Foxtrot Retail Inc. and Dom’s Market LLC, and the company recently created by their merger, Outfox Hospitality LLC, were hit with a class action Wednesday, alleging they violated federal and Illinois employment laws by laying off their workers without notice.

The companies’ retail stores permanently closed on Tuesday, and all employees at all Dom’s and Foxtrot locations were terminated immediately without any prior notice, according to the complaint filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

The companies violated the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and the Illinois Worker Adjustment and ...