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Former Spirit Employees File Lawsuit Against Airline, Claiming They’re Still Owed Pay, Benefits
The proposed class action seeks 60 days of wages and benefits, plus final pay and accrued leave, for about 17,000 workers.
- On Tuesday, former Spirit Airlines employees filed a class-action lawsuit in the Southern District of New York, alleging the carrier violated the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act by laying off 17,000 workers without 60 days of advance notice.
- Spirit announced an 'orderly wind-down of our operations' on May 2, citing a 'material increase in oil prices and other pressures on the business'; CEO David Davis notified staff of the immediate halt via email the same day.
- Attorney Eric Lechtzin said the suit seeks 60 days of unpaid wages and benefits, including medical coverage and unused vacation time, for workers struggling with hardship; many employees "have chronic medical conditions or family members with medical conditions."
- While seeking to pay up to $10.7 million in retention bonuses to staff winding down operations, Spirit has not publicly addressed the suit, previously claiming "notice would have precluded the Company from obtaining the capital needed" to avoid closure.
- No hearing has been set by the Bankruptcy Court as of late Wednesday regarding the proposed class action; Spirit had struggled to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection twice in under a year before collapsing under financial pressure.
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Former Spirit Airlines employees claim they are still owed pay and benefits, lawsuit says
Former Spirit Airlines employees are suing the company, claiming they were laid off without proper notice and are still owed pay. (AP photo)
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Former workers of the airline Spirit Airlines sued, on behalf of 17,000 former employees, the US company for non-payment of salaries and benefits, and for failing to notify them in time of the closure of operations.
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