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A national collective action has been filed in Minnesota against financial giant, Bank of America. The action is brought on behalf of all current and former Bank of America loan officers who 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 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 employees have requested that the court issue notice to all potential class members.

A lawsuit brought by former officers and a current employees of the Lake Worth, Florida police department claims the department violated employees privacy by recording their personal phone conversations.

A class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of loan originators at Kansas based Bank of Blue Valley, Inc. The loan originators claim that they were supervised, treated, and controlled in the same manner as employees, and required to work hours far in excess of 40 per week. Notwithstanding this, the originators claim, they were paid as independent contractors on a commission basis and the amounts paid were far less than what would be required for employees, for straight pay and overtime, under federal labor laws. The loan originators seek back pay and other damages.

Walgreens is accused of racial discrimation and segregation against african american employees nationwide, according to a class action lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court of the Southern District of Illinois.

An employee stock ownership plan is an employee benefit plan that makes the employees of a company owners of stock in that company. A class action has been filed against safe- and vault-maker Mosler, Inc., and four company executives on behalf of former employees who participated in the company's employee stock ownership plan who allege that the executives breached their fiduciary responsibilities to the employees as stockholders, causing a drastic reduction in the value of company stock and a resultant decrease in value of the plan, in violation of state securities law.

A statewide collective action has been filed in Florida against Excellence In Stone, Inc. The action is brought on behalf of all hourly employees of Excellence who were not paid proper overtime compensation. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and seeks statutory and liquidated damages as well as injunctive and declaratory relief. As a collective action, all potential claimants are required to "opt-in" to the case in order to be considered a member of the class. The employees have requested that the court issue notice to all potential claimants.

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