Two former employees of Tilson Technology Management, Inc. filed a class‐action adversary complaint in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, accusing the debtor of willfully violating the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act.
The complaint was filed yesterday, a day after Tilson filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Plaintiffs Jeffrey Hals of Arizona and Charles Mamala Jr. of Nevada allege that Tilson abruptly furloughed and then terminated more than 50 workers at its Chandler, Ariz., and Las Vegas, Nev., facilities without providing the 60 days’ advance notice the statute requires.
According to the complaint, on or about May 5, 2025, Tilson informed employees at its Nevada facility—including Mamala—that they were being furloughed without pay for two weeks. That same day, Arizona‐based staff—including Hals—were summoned to a Microsoft Teams meeting and told their positions would be eliminated effective May 6. Neither group received any WARN Act notice in the weeks leading up to these mass layoffs and plant closings, the suit alleges.
Under the WARN Act, employers with 100 or more full‐time workers must give 60 days’ written notice before “plant closings” or “mass layoffs” affecting at least 50 employees or one‐third of a facility’s workforce. Plaintiffs contend Tilson met both thresholds at each site yet gave no such notice to employees, the state employment agencies in Arizona and Nevada, or local government officials.
“The abrupt terminations had a crippling impact on our livelihoods,” said Hals in a statement. “We had months of bills and no warning that we’d lose our jobs overnight.”
Hals and Mamala seek to represent three classes:
Nationwide Class: All Tilson employees terminated as part of the May 5 mass layoff or plant closing.
Arizona Subclass: All employees at the Chandler, Ariz., facility affected by the layoffs.
Nevada Subclass: All employees at the Las Vegas facility similarly terminated.
