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A collective action has been filed in Louisiana against the East Baton Rouge 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 East Baton Rouge. 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 has been filed against the American Red Cross on behalf of all Texas employees, formerly paid by the hour, who have been "re-classified" as salaried employees and thus have been allegedly deprived of proper overtime compensation. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, which regulates all facets of employee compensation, and is seeking back pay for the overtime the Red Cross allegedly defrauded the employees of.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Southern District Court of Texas against Diversicare Management Services Company. 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.

A statewide collective action has been filed in Florida against ARPM, Inc. and H&R Concepts, LLC. The action is brought on behalf of all current and former employees, who since March 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.

Shoe retailer Nine West and its parent company will pay $600,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that female employees were groped, subjected to unwelcome sexual advances and taunted about their Hispanic origin, the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission verified.

A collective/class action spanning New York, New Jersey and Connecticut has been filed in New York against cable TV giant, Cablevision Systems Corporation. The action is brought on behalf of all current and former Cablevision customer services representatives who, since June 2001, were not paid proper statutory overtime for all hours worked beyond 40 per week and who, since June 1998, were not paid full wages for all hours worked. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and New York state labor laws and seeks back pay, statutory and liquidated damages as well as declaratory and injunctive relief. As a collective action under federal law, 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. Those who join the case under the state law claims are not required to "opt-in"