Paramount Disputes Claim by Laid-Off Staffer Who Alleged in Lawsuit That Company Failed to Provide Legally Required Advance Notice
variety.comTodd Spangler NY Digital Editor A former Paramount Global employee who was laid off in the company’s round of cuts last week alleged in a lawsuit that he wasn’t provided legally required advance notice of the layoffs.
Paramount said the “claims are not grounded in any fact.” The suit, filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, seeks class-action status.
It was filed on behalf of Julian Hagins, whose employment was terminated by Paramount on or about Sept. 24, and “seeks the relief sought herein on behalf of all others similarly situated,” according to the lawsuit.
The suit names CBS Interactive as a defendant alongside Paramount Global. A copy of the lawsuit is available at this link. Hagins and more than 300 other employees “who worked at and/or reported to” Paramount’s headquarters at 1515 Broadway in Manhattan were provided written notification on Sept.
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