A former employee at Rogue Ales & Spirits is suing Oregon Brewing, Rogue’s parent company, for an alleged violation of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act). The lawsuit claims Oregon Brewing failed to provide employees with the legally mandated 60-day advance notice before issuing a mass layoff at Rogue in December.
Ex-Rogue employee Kevin Large filed the lawsuit on Jan. 7 on behalf of himself and the other terminated employees, Brewbound reports. Rogue shuttered abruptly on Nov. 14 and filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy later that month with nearly $17 million in debt against roughly $5 million in assets. According to the suit, Rogue laid off over 300 employees on Dec. 14 “without cause and without proper notice.”
