A U.S. appeals court on Monday said a buffet at a New York City casino may have been distinct enough from the rest of the facility to warrant advance notice before 177 of the restaurant’s employees were abruptly laid off.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 ruling revived a nearly decade-old proposed class action claiming Genting New York LLC, which operates the Resort World Casino in Queens, violated federal and state laws when it laid off the buffet’s staff without notice in 2014.
Genting did not tell workers at the Aqueduct Buffet that it was closing the restaurant until the day it did so, according to court filings.
