MARTINS FERRY, Ohio – Attorneys from two law firms filed a class action lawsuit Monday against East Ohio Regional Hospital and Dr. John Johnson, alleging serious violations of both federal and state wage laws, as well as the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act.
The legal action, brought on behalf of former hospital employees by two law firms, claims they were denied their rightful wages and given no advance notice of the hospital’s sudden closure. The employees are represented by the law firms of Gold, Khourey & Turak of Moundsville, West Virginia and employment law specialists Barkan Meizlish DeRose Cox, LLP of Columbus, Ohio.
According to the complaint, numerous employees were not paid properly for their work, including missing final paychecks that should have included compensation for regular and overtime hours. The plaintiffs also allege that the hospital failed to provide the 60-day advance notice required under the WARN Act before executing mass layoffs and shutting down operations.
East Ohio Regional Hospital closed March 21.
