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A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Western District Court of New York against ETS Staffing for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) 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. Class members seek an injunction to have the company stop its pay practices, unpaid wages, other damages, attorney’s fees and costs of the litigation.

Employee stock option plans can be an effective investment if they are managed correctly. A class action has been filed against manufacturer Amsted Industries, Inc. on behalf of retired employee stock ownership plan participants who allege that the plan's trustees and administrators violated the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act and their own fiduciary duties to participants by improperly reducing the benefits obtainable by participants through the company's stock plan.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters filed a class-action lawsuit alleging that Nashville's Middle Metro Police department has neglected the police officers' pension fund by going six years without a performance audit to show how investments have performed.

A wrongful death lawsuit was filed July 20, 2005 in U.S. District Court by Florida Attorneys on behalf of the family of a Midland, Tex., man who died after being repeatedly shocked by a taser gun manufactured by Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Taser International Inc. Kathi Hammock and her daughter claim that Taser International's device caused the death of Eric Hammock on April 3, 2005. Police officers shot Mr. Hammock with tasers multiple times after trying to arrest him for trespassing at a Fort Worth waste management facility.

A racial discrimination lawsuit filed against Woodward Governor Co. has now been as a class-action lawsuit. The ruling, issued by Judge Philip Reinhard, opens the case to at least 117 current and former minority workers at the Loves Park-based fuel control manufacturer. "This is a very significant junction," said Jennifer Soule, lead attorney for the 16 plaintiffs who originally brought the suit. "Because it's been certified as a class action, the plaintiffs can potentially obtain relief on behalf of all African Americans, Hispanics and Asians who have worked for the company for a number of years." The lawsuit, which was filed in May 2003 in U.S. District Court in Rockford, alleges that 14 blacks, one Hispanic and one Asian were intentionally discriminated against by Woodward because of their race. The suit also claims that Woodward has a racially hostile work environment and a racial composition less than the overall work force of Winnebago County.

California labor law requires employers to ensure that their workers take meal breaks. The class has been certified in an action filed against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. on behalf of current and former Californian hourly employees who worked any time from February 6, 1997, through the date that judgment is entered in the action, excluding employees who held managerial or pharmacist positions. The action alleges that the company engages in systematic denials of rest and meal breaks to workers, and forces them to work off the clock before and after they actually clock in, violating California's labor and unfair competition laws.

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