Christina Spicer  |  August 13, 2018

Category: Labor & Employment

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Former party rental company Classic Party Rentals a/k/a Apollo Global Management and a human resources company Insperity PEO Services have agreed to pay $3 million to end a class action lawsuit that ensued after the companies laid off nearly 1,000 workers.

The Apollo layoff class action settlement ends allegations that the employees laid off at California locations of Classic Party Rentals were not given proper notice under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN).

The former employees claim that they were notified of the layoffs without proper time to prepare.

According to the Classic Party Rentals class action lawsuit, California’s WARN Act requires companies to give employees notice at least two months before being laid off.

However, according to the lawsuit leading up to the Apollo layoff class action settlement, Classic employees in California were only given at most one day’s notice.

Other employees, according to the Class Party Rentals class action lawsuit, learned they had lost their jobs when they showed up to work on their final day.

Under the terms of the Apollo layoff class action settlement, former employees will receive interest and penalties, along with back pay amounting to approximately $2,000 each.

Class Members include former Classic Party Rental employees who were laid off without warning from locations in San Diego, Santa Ana/Orange County, Culver City/Inglewood (Hillcrest Blvd.), El Segundo, Burlingame/San Francisco, Compton, Modesto, Napa, San Jose, and Thousand Palms/Palm Desert.

“This is an excellent settlement that provides substantial individual recoveries to class members now, sparing them the risk and delay of further litigation,” states the motion for preliminary approval in the Apollo layoff class action settlement. “As discussed in detail below, the proposed settlement is carefully tailored to give the largest recoveries to workers who suffered the greatest injuries and have the most valuable claims.”

Apollo and Insperity were only two of many defendants in the lawsuit leading up to the Apollo layoff class action settlement.

Together, the defendants will pay approximately $3 million. About $2 million will go to former workers, while the attorneys representing the lead plaintiffs have asked for nearly $1 million in costs and fees. The lead plaintiff will receive a $15,000 incentive award.

The lead plaintiff in the class action lawsuit alleged that he was told he would not be laid off in the sale of Classic Party Rental locations in a variety of California locations; however, he and others were let go without warning.

Though some of the employees were rehired by the companies who bought the Classic Party Rental locations, Standard Party Rentals and Bright Event Rentals, others were not.

Those who were rehired will receive a smaller portion than those who were left jobless, according to the Apollo layoff class action settlement.

Class Members in the Apollo layoff class action settlement will be notified by mail.

The final hearing on the preliminary settlement agreement is Sept. 20, 2018.

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The lead plaintiff and Class are represented by Eileen B. Goldsmith, James M. Finberg and Meredith Anne Johnson of Altshuler Berzon LLP, and John T. Mullan, Chaya M. Mandelbaum, Meghan F. Loisel and Michelle G. Lee of Rudy Exelrod Zieff & Lowe LLP.

The Apollo Employee Layoff Class Action Settlement is McDonald v. CP OpCo LLC, et al., Case No. 4:17­-cv-­04915, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

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20 thoughts onClassic Party Rentals Will Pay $3M to Settle Layoff Class Action

  1. Mario Morales says:

    What is tge number I can contact to you. I work in classic party rentals and I moved to a different adress and I didn’t receive my contributions.

  2. Zachary Finch says:

    Have the payments been mailed out yet

  3. Francisco Montes says:

    If you received a notice in the mail it will tell you when the final hearing is and an estimate of how much you will be getting. May 9th is the final hearing.

  4. Bobbette Williams says:

    I finally got an update on this case in the mail today. It appears that it is getting closer to settling. The final hearing is now May 9,2019. I guess we will get our payments after that. I am guessing probably not till the summer as I doubt they will be fast to payout.

  5. PHILLIP gipson says:

    I did not see Sacramento on there and how will we no when do It come and how do I get in contact with some one

  6. robyn dodson says:

    How can we find out the progress regarding this settlement.?

  7. Alfredo Aguilar says:

    Any updates

  8. Alfredo Aguilar says:

    Are all we going to get something

  9. Enrique ibarra says:

    Does anyone knows any update or something, from this post?

    1. William E Osorio says:

      I think there will be no money for managers Enrique

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