Zulily Must Face Layoff Claims From Fired Remote Workers

Zulily LLC will have to face proposed class action claims that the company violated the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act when it refused to pay remote workers the same layoff pay or provide them the same notice received by its in-person workforce.

Judge Kymberly K. Evanson, of the US District Court for the Western District of Washington, denied Zulily’s motion to dismiss the workers’ WARN Act lawsuit. Evanson refused Tuesday to conclude at the pleading stage that the remote workers weren’t covered by the WARN Act because they worked mostly alone at home—and therefore couldn’t meet the statute’s ...