Бывший сотрудник CDx подал иск к банкротству Rockland из-за незаконного увольнения 60 работников

A former employee of CDx Diagnostics has sued the bankrupted Rockland cancer detection business for allegedly violating state and federal workers rights. Kelvin Peralta filed a class action lawsuit on Aug. 25 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, White Plains, on behalf of himself and 60 workers who lost their jobs on Aug. 20 when the business closed. CDx developed a way to detect precancerous cells in the esophagus. On Aug. 20, CDx Diagnostics, CDx Medical IP, and CDx Acquisitions petitioned for Chapter 7 liquidation, declaring an estimated $1 million to $10 million in assets and $100 million to $500 million in liabilities. They share the same address on Executive Boulevard in Suffern, and according to Peralta, who was the senior billing operations analyst, they have the same ownership and officers and operated as a single employer. Peralta claims CDx violated state and federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification laws. The federal WARN law requires 60 days advance notice for mass layoffs, according to the complaint, and the state law requires 90 days advance notice. Peralta says workers were discharged without cause when CDx closed. He argues that the former employees are entitled to two months of unpaid wages and commissions, bonuses, accrued holiday and vacation pay, and pension and 401(k) contributions. CDx’s sudden demise also led to another problem, according to a Sept. 2 declaration by Chapter 7 Trustee Howard P. Magaliff. Hundreds of specimens submitted by doctors had not been tested when the business closed, and more specimen kits are expected to be delivered, “while doctors and their patients are awaiting the results.” Magaliff has asked U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean H. Lane to approve an arrangement where Sentry Laboratories of Montville, New Jersey, would process specimens and pay the CDx estate 15% of the sums it collects.