Evergreen Out of Business

With all the good reputation they had I wonder if they will reopen after finding other funding or maybe somebody buys the brand name and reopens as new owners.

Well, you learn something new everyday ;-)
But more than likely they qualify for an exception to the WARN Act, so neither here nor there.

WTP-GC wrote:

golf_bears wrote:

In the good old USA there is a law on the books that stipulates that any Company going out of business and closing down the plant must give its employees a 60 day notice. Been there and done that.

What is this law you speak of?? I can't imagine that such a law exists and if it did, that it would apply to a RV manufacturer.
I could shut down my business tomorrow and only pay my employees for current hours earned.

There is a law that might apply. It is called the WARN act (worker adjustment and retraining notification act). It requires certain employers to give 60 days notice of either plant closures or mass layoffs. It has many stipulations and loopholes and is generally considered an ineffective piece of legislation. To apply, the employer must employ a minimum of 100 full time employees. They must reasonably have foreseen the layoffs, and although just paying the employees 60 days of termination pay is not considered fulfilling the obligations of the act, that is the remedy of failing to follow the act, so it really is a moot point. If the business could not foresee the closure (i.e. failing to secure financing when they could have reasonably expected to, natural disaster, unforeseen business issues, etc.) the act does not apply. If the laid off employees are members of a union, notice may not be required. Notice may of may not be required in a bankruptcy filing, again depending on the case specific details.
Have less than 100 fulltime equivalent employees, close up shop anytime, the feds don't care.

I've dealt with WARN before. They most likely did not provide notice under this:

The exceptions to 60-day notice are:

(1) Faltering company. This exception, to be narrowly construed, covers situations where a company has sought new capital or business in order to stay open and where giving notice would ruin the opportunity to get the new capital or business, and applies only to plant closings;

It is situations like this the provide existing RV mfg.'s an excuse for their inadequate quality control, corner cutting, cheap equipment and poor engineering. Detroit used those excuses prior to Japan entering the market. For some strange reason Japan demonstrated that quality control and reliability enhanced marketing and sales and not hampered them. Meanwhile, as said earlier it is poor management that generally creates the demise of a company.

WTP-GC wrote:

golf_bears wrote:

In the good old USA there is a law on the books that stipulates that any Company going out of business and closing down the plant must give its employees a 60 day notice. Been there and done that.

What is this law you speak of?? I can't imagine that such a law exists and if it did, that it would apply to a RV manufacturer.
I could shut down my business tomorrow and only pay my employees for current hours earned.

Here you go:

WARN act


On another note, their dealers must be jumping for joy knowing that they now have an inventory of orphaned RV's sitting on their lots. No warranty and no spare parts available.

Winged One wrote:
This is the thread to leave open??

Ya, don't understand.

The one closed started on 6/7 with over 4 pages of comments and this one started today.

To bad this Forum software does not give the Mods the capability of merging topics/threads.

golf_bears wrote:

In the good old USA there is a law on the books that stipulates that any Company going out of business and closing down the plant must give its employees a 60 day notice. Been there and done that.

What is this law you speak of?? I can't imagine that such a law exists and if it did, that it would apply to a RV manufacturer.
I could shut down my business tomorrow and only pay my employees for current hours earned.

This is the thread to leave open??

Justaguy wrote:
What happens to warranty work to those who bought them?

Owners will be at the mercy of the dealership where they bought their Evergreen product. Good dealerships will try to help where possible, but when it comes to major problems, I have a feeling that the owners will be out of luck. Keep in mind that appliances, converter, fans, etc. are covered by specific manufacturer's warranties.

Our second choice when we bought our Winnebago was an Evergreen. But, that was back in 2013 and if I had bought the Evergreen, the warranty would have expired long ago!