ATLANTA - A former Emory Healthcare finance employee has filed a proposed class action lawsuit alleging the Atlanta-based hospital system illegally laid off hundreds of workers without advance notice, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports .

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What they're saying:

The complaint — filed Friday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia — accuses Emory Healthcare of violating the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act by terminating 543 full-time employees from its finance department last week without the required 60 days’ notice.

Lead plaintiff Paulette Simmons claims she was among the employees abruptly dismissed on Aug. 12 and offered a severance package that fell

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