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Case ID: 3099 | Employment | 01/27/2004
A statewide collective action has been filed in Florida against Joysi Group, Inc. and subsidiary, Vijay Group, Inc. Joysi and Vijay operate convenience stores in South Florida, in particular the "Joysi Food Market" and "S&G Market". The action is brought on behalf of all current and former employees who, since December 31, 2000, were deprived of proper overtime pay by Joysi and Vijay. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and seeks back pay, statutory damages, liquidated damages as well as injunctive and declaratory
relief. As a collective action, all potential claimants must voluntarily "opt-in" to the case in order to be considered part of the class. The employees have requested that the court issue notice to all potential claimants. According to employees, the Joysi and Vijay Groups have systematically and intentionally deprived them of proper overtime pay under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, all employees who work in excess of 40 hours a week are entitled to, at a minimum, time and a half for each hour worked beyond 40. The employees allege that they were frequently required to work well beyond 40 hours a week at the Joysi and S&G Markets and that they were not compensated for these hours in accordance with federal law. Additionally, the employees allege that Joysi and Vijay failed to keep accurate time records and used this inaccurate recording of hours to further their scheme to deprive the employees of overtime. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, willful violations are punishable by liquidated damages. The employees are 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 class action lawsuit was filed against Tata America, a subsidiary of the Tata Group, claiming the company routinely forced workers to hand over federal and state tax refunds. Gopi Vedachalam, a Tata America employee, filed the lawsuit in the District Court in San Francisco against Tata America International Corporation, its parent Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, as well as Tata Sons, Ltd. A statewide collective action has been filed in Florida against medical staffing conglomerate Starmed Health Personnel, Inc., its parent company, The RehabCare Group, Inc. and subisidiaries Intelistaf Healthcare, Inc. and We Care Nurses, Inc. The action is brought on behalf of all current and past employees who were employed by the company as "service coordinators", "staffers", "staffing coordinators", "on call service coordinators", "on call coordinators", "schedulers", or other similar positions, who were paid by the hour and not paid overtime for all hours worked beyond 40 per week. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and seeks back pay, statutory damages and liquidated damages as well as injunctive and declaratory relief. As a collective action, all potential claimants must "opt-in" to the case in order to be considered part of the class. The employees have requested that the court issue notice to all potential claimants. Former workers of Havens Steel Company reached a preliminary settlement in a lawsuit filed over a dispute of an employee stock ownership plan. The proposed settlement of the class-action suit, which includes about 500 former employees and retirees, canceled a trial that was scheduled to begin early April 2006. A class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of employees of baby products retailer Baby Daze, Inc., parent company of Baby Tycoon, Inc., which also does business as USA Baby. The suit alleges that the baby supply retailer routinely denied overtime pay to employees who had worked hours in excess of 40 per week. The workers are seeking back overtime pay and other damages. A collective action has been filed in South Carolina against the Orangeburg Consolidated School District Number Four. The action is brought on behalf
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