Thread regarding Fidelity National Information Services Inc. layoffs

@cb the employee handbook lists a formula that is essentially two weeks for every year, however, there seem to be subcategories which list lower severance based on the classification of your job. Not transparent. Don't assume that you will get the two weeks per year, you may not.

@eg it is a class action lawsuit, so that is a bit of a concern. Often the only ones making money are the lawyers, with the plaintiffs a small cut. In this case, the plaintiff cut may be smaller than the severance package.

Make sure you have an employment lawyer look at the package offered before signing. You can’t sue once signed. Others are correct- the know what they’re doing and cutting under 50 per location.

@dy Standard policy is that unused PTO is lost and not paid out if you are terminated. The only exception is if the state laws where you live mandate that the unused PTO is paid out. If you're in the former case, then I'd be using up that PTO now before your last day.

@dy take 2 weeks off immediately

Found the law firm investigating FIS for violating the WARN act. We should join in since more of us are getting laid off without notice.

https://straussborrelli.com/2025/07/15/fis-global-warn-act-investigation/

There are multiple news articles talking about this:
https://newstalk870.am/company-faces-workers-rights-allegations/
https://www.cgaa.org/article/fis-global-layoffs

Copy paste from their website:
Strauss Borrelli PLLC, a leading class action law firm, is investigating FIS Global (“FIS”) regarding its recent mass layoff in Bellevue, Washington. The WARN Act is a federal law that requires certain employers to notify their employees, in writing, at least 60 days before a plant closing or mass layoff takes effect. As a result, we believe FIS employees may be entitled to 60 days of severance pay and benefits.

What about unused Pto?
I got laid off on 11/19 they told me that I will be terminated on dec 3rd
Got 2 weeks for every year I worked.
I still had 15 days of my pto what should I do? Plz help

@a7 Did you not get a severance package?
I did not get laid off, but I've reviewed the severance package just in case a few times, it's 2 weeks per year of service. As well as any unused PTO if I'm not mistaken.

Looked into this a while ago. Short answer is, for most people, the worst penalty under the WARN act is less than the severance. So even if they were found to have violated it, the fine would be less than the payment already made. It doesn't meet the letter of the law...it satisfies the penalty for violating the law.

@av any updates to that class action lawsuit? I'm curious cause so many of us are getting laid off

@OP - There is some sort of loophole to this. I read about it several months ago. I do know that the Seattle office (many people there) got cut this past summer and were looking to do some sort of class action lawsuit.

@a4 I'm not a lawyer neither and some states take the WARN act more seriously. I know there were mass layoff this week. A company employing 50,000+ people and has1B in revenue should be able to at least give a 60 days notice. I got none.

We all deserve more severance for the years we put into this company. Any opinions from lawyers?

Copy paste of the notice law:
An Employer must provide written notice 60-days prior to a plant closing or mass layoff to employees or their representative, the State dislocated worker unit (the Employment Development Department, Workforce Services Division in California), and the chief elected official of local government within which such closing or layoff is to occur. (29 USC, 2102; 20 CFR 639.5)

@OP the 'single site' clause may get around this. If 50 or more people out of Jax, for instance, are let go it could be a violation (see the Seattle news earlier this year). However, if only 30 of the Jax employees lost jobs then it would not apply.
I could be wrong about this - I don't know really know the ins and outs of that reg.