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Case ID: 2554 | Employment | 07/12/2004
A national class action has been filed against clothier Abercrombie & Fitch Company on behalf of current and former managers and management trainees, alleging that the company violates state and federal labor laws by exempting them from overtime pay even though up to 90% of their work is the same as regular employees. The action seeks unspecified compensatory damages.
Named plaintiffs Melissa Mitchell and Jennifer Frietsch allege that the company gives workers titles containing the word "manager" as nothing more than a way to get around paying overtime beyond the workers' regular 40 hours per week. The women, who allegedly worked at an Abercrombie store at a suburban Cincinnati mall, allege that they were named "managers in training" and later became assistant store managers, even though 90 percent of their work was arranging stock, presenting merchandise and working the cash register, duties more typical of sales associates than managers. The company allegedly has 5,000 to 6,000 managers or management trainees nationwide in its workforce of about 22,000 people, in more than 600 stores. In June 2003, the company agreed to pay $2.2 million to nearly 11,000 current and former employees of Abercrombie in California who said they were forced to buy and wear its clothes on the job. At Lawcash.com, it is our goal to keep you informed about important legal cases, class actions and settlements. Our lawyers offer free legal evaluations in tort cases, class actions, personal injury, and other lawsuits because we are dedicated to helping you resolve your legal complaints. Other Employment Cases of Interest When a corporate worker loses his or her savings because of executive decisions, the company may have to pay. The class has been certified in an action filed against Computer Associates International, Inc. and Computer Management Sciences, Inc. on behalf of participants in Computer Management Sciences' employee stock ownership plan who allege that Computer Associates' trustees and administrators violated the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act by failing to diversify the assets in Computer Management's employee stock ownership plans. A statewide collective action has been filed in Florida against Tropical Landscape Lawn Care, Inc. The action is brought on behalf of all current and former employees, who since April 2001, were not paid proper statutory overtime for all hours worked beyond 40 per week. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and seeks statutory and liquidated damages as well as declaratory and injunctive relief. As a collective action, all potential claimants are required to "opt-in" to the action in order to be considered part of the class. The employees have requested that the court issue notice to all potential class members. A collective action has been filed in Louisiana against the St. John the Baptist Parish School Board. The action is brought on behalf of all former and current employees who have worked in excess of 40 hours a week, but who have not been paid overtime by St. John. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and is seeking back pay, statutory and liquidated damages. As a collective action, all potential claimants are required to "opt-in" to the action in order to be considered eligible claimants. The employees have requested that the court issue notice to all potential claimants. A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Southern District Court of Texas against Mental Health and Mental Retardation Authority of Harris County. The case involves violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act which establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards affecting full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in Federal, State, and local governments. No additional information about the substance of the allegations is available at this time. Classactionamerica.com will monitor this case and provide additional details as soon as they become available. The parties have reached a $4.8+ million settlement in a class action against baking companies Interstate Brands Corporation and Continental Baking Company on behalf of all current and former employees of either company who were employed in route sales positions and were not eligible to receive overtime pay regardless of hours worked, at any time between November 21, 1993, and April 30, 2003. Persons eligible to take part in this settlement should contact the attorneys for the class as soon as possible.
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