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A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Western District Court of Oklahoma against Dungarvin Oklahoma, Inc. 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 unpaid overtime compensation, prejudgment interest, damages, attorney's fees and costs of the litigation.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Northern District Court of California against the City of Oakland. The case involves violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act. 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.

NorthWestern Corporation d/b/a NorthWestern Energy reached a preliminary settlement agreement with the City of Livonia Employees' Retirement System regarding a class action lawsuit filed in November 2005.

A class action filed in Los Angeles Superior Court seeking overtime for Allstate Insurance claims adjusters will go to trial as to damages only in February of 2004. The court has already ruled that Allstate acted inappropriately when it treated the adjusters as not entitled to overtime. That means that the trial will be for the sole purpose of determining how much the adjusters are entitled to as damages.

A collective action, which covers all states but California, has been filed against temporary employment giant, Labor Ready, Inc. on behalf of all employees who were employed as "client service representatives" or "branch managers" and who, since October 21, 2000, were not paid overtime by Labor Ready. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and seeks back pay and liquidated damages from Labor Ready.

A statewide collective action has been filed in Florida against Dyna-Life Products, Inc. The action is brought on behalf of all current and former employees, who since February 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.

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