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Case ID: 2924 | Employment | 11/18/2003
An $18+ million class action has been filed against the Mayo Foundation and its subsidiary clinics in Arizona, Minnesota, and Florida on behalf of employees who allege that the health provider's method for paying salaried workers shorts employees while netting the company millions of dollars in violation of state labor laws. The action seeks three years' worth of missed back pay.
Named plaintiff James V. Budziszek, a Mayo salary administrative specialist since 1999, alleges that Mayo pays salaried workers 26 times a year instead of the 26.1 times a year that they should be paid. The result is an underpayment of eight hours a year. In essence, the action alleges that each salaried worker should get one extra paycheck a year for one day's pay. Employees allegedly recoup the lost pay after eight or nine years, in the form of extra paydays that fall into subsequent calendar years--but many employees move to new companies before they ever get the money that they earned in years past. The next extra paycheck is allegedly scheduled to appear in 2008. The action alleges that this method of payment nets Mayo about $6.5 million a year. Approximately 6,000 salaried Mayo employees, including a majority of the clinic's physicians, may be eligible to participate in the action. 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 A Collective Action has been filed in Texas against wireless telephone giant, AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. The action, brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, is brought on behalf of all Texas residents employed by AT&T wireless who were not paid overtime wages for all hours worked in excess of 40 per week. The employees allege that AT&T Wireless engaged in intentional and deliberate acts of misconduct aimed at defrauding them of overtime pay. Employees are seeking statutory damages available under federal law as well as back pay and injunctive and declaratory relief. A national collective action has been filed in Florida against consumer electronics giant, Radioshack Corporation. The action is brought on behalf of all current and former store managers, 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 back pay, interest, compensatory, 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 managers have requested that the court issue notice to all potential class members. A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Western District Court of Tennessee against Norman Y. Mineta, the Secretary of the US Dept. of Transportation. The case involves violations of employment law regarding age discrimination. 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. Earl Scheib, Inc. reached an agreement to settle a class action lawsuit related to how the Company's California division classified certain employees under California overtime law over an approximately seven year period.
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