A former contractor who worked on various Paramount Global-owned podcasts has sued the company over its mass layoffs last month.

In a proposed class action lawsuit filed in New York federal court this week, California resident Julian Hagins accuses the company of failing to provide written notification of his termination and that of around 300 other full-time employees.

Such notification is required under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, which allows former employees to seek back wages and other compensation if a company fails to notify the state’s Department of Labor about mass layoffs prior to issuing pink slips.

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While Hagins is in California and worked for Paramount on a contract basis, he asserts in the lawsuit that his employment was full-time, and that his direct supervisors were based in Paramount’s New York offices. He and 294 others were notified that their positions were being eliminated on September 30, the complaint says. The job losses were not previously disclosed in WARN notices filed with state labor regulators, even though the law covers a company the size of Paramount.

Hagins is seeking class action status for his lawsuit, as well as financial compensation for “unpaid wages, salary, commissions, bonuses, accrued holiday pay, accrued vacation pay, pension, 401(k) and healthcare contributions,” among other things on behalf of himself and all others who were impacted by the layoffs last month.

The pink slips are part of a broader restructuring effort at Paramount that involves high-level eliminations, with a target of around $500 million in expense reductions. The strategy comes at a time when Paramount is in the process of moving its business away from traditional television and ancillary products in favor of a renewed focus on its direct-to-consumer streaming services. The company is also in the process of merging with Skydance Media.