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A class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States Disctict Court for the Middle District of Alabama against Green Tree Servicing, LLC. The case involves violations of employment law and focuses on the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). 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.

During the 1990s, many large companies converted their traditional pension plans to cash balance plans, generating a tremendous controversy in the process. A class action has been filed against CIGNA Corporation and the CIGNA Pension Plan on behalf of certain employees who allege that the company's changeover from a traditional retirement plan to a newer cash balance plan has cheated them out of part of their retirement, and does not treat identically situated employees equally by giving less to older ones, and causing age discrimination in violation of federal labor laws.

Reduction and even elimination of health care benefits is a growing source of controversy between U.S. corporations and their retirees. Two related class actions have been filed against Rexam, Inc.--the current owner of the American National Can Company--and the Rexam Retired Employees Group Insurance Plan on behalf of employees who retired from National Can and who now allege that Rexam has violated the federal Labor Management Relations Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) by unilaterally reducing retiree medical benefits.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin in any public establishment, if that establishment has a connection to interstate commerce. A national class action has been filed against the Boeing Company and the McDonnell Douglas Corporation by African-American employees who allege the airplane manufacturers violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by discriminating against them based on their status as African-Americans.

Trucking has always been regarded as a predominantly male occupation, but women employed at trucking giant CH Robinson Worldwide claim that the company and it's male employees created an environment that crossed the legal boundary into active discrimination. A class action lawsuit filed against the company alleges that women were not paid as well or promoted to supervisory jobs as often as men, even though they were equally qualified. The suit also contends that the work environment at CH Robinson was extremely hostile to women as a result of lewd behavior on the part of male employees, including branch managers. A hearing on class certification in this gender discrimination suit was held in late November, 2004. At this time of this report a ruling had not yet been issued. If the class is certified as many as 2,000 current and former sales, operation and support workers would be able to sue the Minnesota based company.

State and federal civil rights laws protect Americans from being discriminated against based on their gender, race, and national origin, and in the state of California, marital status. A class action has been filed against the city of San Diego, California, on behalf of city employees who are vested in the City Employees' Retirement System, and who were unmarried when they retired or will be unmarried when they retire in the future. The action alleges that the city's retirement system discriminates against unmarried retirees in violation of federal and state civil rights laws.

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