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A class action lawsuit has been filed in the District Court of Kansas against Akal Security, Inc., a New Mexico based provider of private securities on military bases, for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Class members are suing for unpaid overtime compensation and retaliation. They seek reinstatement, lost wages and benefits, unpaid overtime, punitive damages, and attorney's fees and costs of the action.

A federal judge ordered AK Steel Corporation to pay at least $46.2 million to 1,250 former employees in a class action lawsuit over pension benefits. The 2002 lawsuit charged that the company had miscalculated the lump sum pension payment for participants in one of its pension plans. The plaintiffs claimed the method used to calculate the payments does not comply with federal law and resulted in underpayments.

The decision to reduce the number of federal airport security screeners has been an issue of great controversy. A class action has been filed against James M. Loy, in his capacity as administrator of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration, on behalf of older employees and union activists who allege that the administration is ignoring veterans' preference in its reduction-in-force decisions in violation of federal law and the U.S. Constitution.

According to Mark Curless, a resident of Cody, Wyoming and a former employee, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has cheated him and other employess for time worked, including overtime hours. Mark Curless filed a lawsuit against the world's largest retailer because recently discovered memos show it has deleted thousands of hours of time worked from payroll records in a practice known as "time shaving," according to the complaint filed in U.S. District Court and assigned to Judge Alan Johnson in Cheyenne.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in United States District Court against Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. The case was originally filed in San Francisco Superior Court but has been moved to the federal court system at the request of the defendants. The case involves violations of federal labor law. A case management conference before the court has been scheduled for March 5, 2005. 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 class action lawsuit has been filed in the Southern District Court of Florida against A Native Tree Service, Inc. 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.