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A collective action has been filed in Florida against the School Board of Broward County 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 the board. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and is seeking back pay, statutory damages, liquidated damages and declaratory relief.

Southern California class action attorneys recently settled overtime claims against the San Diego Padres Baseball Club on behalf of numerous sales employees. In their class action complaint, the Padres' sales employees claimed that they were misclassified as exempt from California's overtime and meal break/rest period requirements, as well as other wage requirements under the California Labor Code. These sales employees, who worked significant overtime hours during the baseball season, were responsible for selling various ticket and entertainment packages, including group sales, season ticket sales, premium seating sales and luxury skybox sales.

A collective action has been filed in Florida against the School Board of Broward County, Florida. 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 the board. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and is seeking back pay, statutory damages, liquidated damages and declaratory relief.

A statewide collective action has been filed in California against banking Giant, Washington Mutual Bank, FA. The action is brought on behalf of all individuals employed as "Loan Processors" or "Loan Coordinators" since November 14, 1999, who were allegedly not paid proper overtime compensation, were not paid for all hours worked, were not provided with state mandated break periods and who were not promptly and correctly compensated upon termination or resignation. The employees are seeking back pay, compensatory damages, disgorgement of profits, statutory damages and declaratory and injunctive relief. The action is brought under both the federal Fair Labor Standards Act as well as California wage law and is a collective action. As a collective action, all potential class members are required to join the action in order to recover.

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.

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.

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