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A collective action has been filed in Alabama against the Shelby County Board of Education. The action is brought on behalf of all former and current employees who have worked in excess of 40 hours a week, but who have not been paid overtime by Aiken County. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and is seeking back pay as damages.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Eastern District Court of New York against ELM Freight Handlers for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This is all the information currently available about this lawsuit. ClassActionAmerica.com will continue to monitor this case and report any updates.

Two former South Sound Les Schwab employees have filed a class action lawsuit against the tire company, saying the company denied them promotions, training and other employment opportunities because they are women.

California labor law requires that employees working on commission be given similar consideration as hourly workers. A class action has been filed against technology merchant Circuit City Stores West Coast, Inc. and its parent Circuit City Stores, Inc. on behalf of all "commission only" salespersons who worked at a Circuit City Store in California from March 1999 to March 2003, alleging that the company failed to pay them for work they performed as required by California labor law.

A national collective action has been filed in Florida against retail video and computer game giant, Electronics Boutique of America, Inc. 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 class action lawsuit has been filed in the Southern District Court of Texas against Smart Cars of Houston, Inc. The case involves violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act 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. 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.

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