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A class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States Disctict Court for the Middle District of Alabama against Green Tree Servicing, LLC. The case involves violations of employment law and focuses on the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). 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 class action has been filed in Oregon against Symphony Healthcare, Inc., the former owner and operator of Eastmoreland Hospital. The action is brought on behalf of all former employees of Eastmoreland who were terminated on January 16, 2004, when Symphony suddenly closed Eastmoreland without any prior notice to employees. The action is brought under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act (WARN) and seeks back pay and benefits for all former employees.

A statewide collective action has been filed in Florida against Coastline Building Enterprises of Florida, 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.

Just because you are classified as a managerial worker does not mean that you might not qualify for overtime pay. The parties have reached a tentative $3.5 million settlement in an action filed against Borders, Inc. (apparently the proper defendant should have been the Borders Group, Inc.) on behalf of assistant managers who worked in California Borders Bookstores between April 10, 1996, and March 18, 2001. Eligible persons should contact the class attorneys for more information.

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.

A class action has been filed against Westar Energy, Inc. by employees alleging that the company violated its fiduciary duty to employees by mismanaging their 401(k) accounts, resulting in massive losses in the value of the accounts.