A potentially class action lawsuit consequence for allegedly not giving Empire State mandated notice to the over 300 employees pink slipped on September 24. The week came in what has been called Phase 2 of Paramount’s ongoing efforts to get rid of 15% of its domestic workforce. Cuts that could prove costly.

The Paramount Global company faces litigation this week and after deploying a round of layoffs without warning, former employees have sued.

Paramount started "phase two" of its reductions as part of a sweeping plan to cut 15 percent of its workforce in pursuit of $500 million in cost savings. At the time,

Paramount has been sued by a former employee for violating New York's WARN act during layoffs that occurred in September, which stripped more than 300 staffers from their jobs in less than a week, despite workers being entitled to a 90-day notice,