A fired Rhythm & Hues employee is suing the bankrupt visual-effects company for unpaid wages and benefits on behalf of the more than 250 people in California who were laid off this week.
The suit was filed in California bankruptcy court by Anthony Barcelo, who worked as a compositing technical director at the company's El Segundo, Calif. office.
He alleges that Rhythm & Hues is in violation of California and federal labor laws because it failed to provide pink-slipped workers with 60 days written notice of their impending lay-off.
"The employees were given no notice that this was coming, which would have allowed them to make a soft landing," said René S.