Strauss Borrelli Investigates Home Depot After 800 Georgia Layoffs

Strauss Borrelli PLLC has opened an investigation and is pursuing a potential class-action after Home Depot filed a WARN Act notice that signals mass layoffs affecting nearly 800 workers in the Atlanta area, with separations expected to begin March 31. The law firm says it is examining whether the company met federal notice requirements that protect workers facing mass job loss.

The WARN Act notice was filed with state officials on Jan. 28, a filing the law firm and local reporters flagged because of the timing. “Based on the Jan. 28 announcement by Home Depot, the notice would have been filed 62 days before March 31’s initial separation period declared in the WARN Notice.” Federal law requires 60 calendar days’ written notice for a mass layoff or facility closure. Strauss Borrelli says it is working to determine whether Home Depot provided “the 60 days’ notice to its 797 employees, or if it instead violated the WARN Act by failing to do so.”

Strauss Borrelli’s public materials state the firm “we believe Home Depot employees may be entitled to 60 days of severance pay and benefits.” The firm is asking affected workers in the Atlanta area, including Cobb County, to contact its team to discuss rights and remedies. Contact options listed by Strauss Borrelli include phone at 872.263.1100 and email at sam@straussborrelli.com.

Home Depot provided a brief response to reporters, saying the company “had no additional comment aside from that the company complied with all WARN Act requirements.” The retailer is headquartered in Atlanta and did not provide the underlying WARN notice text in those comments, so the exact list of locations, job classifications, and whether separations are staggered beyond March 31 remain to be confirmed.

For employees and supervisors in orange aprons, the dispute has immediate practical consequences: the WARN Act exists to give workers and families time to prepare, seek new work, and pursue retraining. Strauss Borrelli notes that employers who fail to meet WARN rules “may have to pay employees back pay and benefits for the time they were in violation.” The law generally applies to employers with 100 or more employees and is triggered when a mass layoff affects at least 50 workers at a single site, though exemptions exist for unforeseeable business circumstances, natural disasters, and faltering companies.

As the investigation proceeds, the central questions are whether the filed notice accurately reflects the scope and timing of the separations and whether Home Depot’s compliance claim will withstand legal scrutiny. If Strauss Borrelli moves from investigation to filing, the outcome could determine whether affected Home Depot employees receive the 60 days of pay and benefits the firm says may be due. For now, laid-off workers in the Atlanta area are being urged to document communications from the company and to consider contacting Strauss Borrelli at 872.263.1100 or sam@straussborrelli.com for more information.