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A class action has been filed against Mack Construction Services, Inc. (Mack) and its owners for allegedly violating the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The complaint alleges that the Company is subject to the provisions of the FLSA, knew that they must pay their employees overtime compensation, required employees to work overtime, but did not pay for overtime hours worked.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against One Way International, Inc. The case involves violations of Federal Labor law. 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 collective Action has been filed in Florida against Carey International, Inc. and its subsidiary companies, Carey Limousine Florida, Inc. and Club Limousine Service, Inc. The action is brought on behalf of all drivers employed by Carey in the period since December 4, 2000, who have not been paid overtime by Carey. The drivers bring this action under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and seek back pay, statutory and liquidated damages as well as injunctive and declaratory relief. As a collective action, all potential claimants must "opt-in" to the case in order to be considered part of the class. The limo drivers have requested that the court issue notice to all potential claimants.

A statewide collective action has been filed in Florida against Sabal Palm Nursery and Day Care Center, Inc. who operate under the name Flavors of Italy. The action is brought on behalf of all current and former employees, who since March 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.

A national class action filed against health and beauty company Avon Products, Inc., on behalf of independent sales representatives, has been revived by an appellate court after being dismissed by the Los Angeles County Superior Court. The lawsuit alleges that Avon artificially boosted its financial performance by "channel stuffing " -- forcing independent sales representatives to pay for unordered products even after the shipments are returned to Avon, in violation of California unfair competition and business practices laws.

Southern California Superior Court Judge David Velasquez granted class action certification to a lawsuit filed by three former Verizon telephone directory advertising sales representatives claiming the company unlawfully deducted corporate business losses from their wages between 2000 and 2005.

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