Former employees file class action lawsuit against Pirch, claiming illegal layoffs

Former employees of Pirch, the high-end kitchen furnishing store that filed for bankruptcy last month, have filed a class-action lawsuit against the retailer. In the lawsuit, filed Wednesday, former Pirch worker Liza Rogers and others in the class allege that Pirch failed to follow state and federal laws when it laid them off abruptly several weeks ago. Pirch did not respond to a request for comment. The class has not been certified yet.

Amounts owed beyond that are considered lower priority. Rogers, in an email interview with the San Diego Union-Tribune, shared how she was impacted by the abruptness of the layoff. 'This lay off was unexpected, and had we all known about it sooner and given our 60 days notice via the WARN NOTICE, it would definitely be more palatable,' Rogers wrote. 'Because there was no time to find other employment, it's a huge amount of stress, to say the least.

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