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A class action has been filed against Kraft Foods North America, Inc. on behalf of African-American employees at a Nabisco bakery in Philadelphia who allege that they were more often passed up for promotions and disciplined more severely than their white co-workers, in violation of Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964.

As the result of an alleged continuous pattern of labor violations, another collective action has been filed in Florida against the School Board of Broward County, Florida. 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 the board. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and is seeking back pay as well as statutory damages, liquidated damages and declaratory relief.

A statewide collective action has been filed in Florida against Xtreme Sport of Palm Beach, Inc. who does business as World Gym. The action is brought on behalf of all current and former hourly employees, classified as “managers”, employed by any Florida based World Gym, who since April 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.

Corporate mismanagement often hurts company retirees as much as shareholders. A class action has been filed against fiber optic component provider JDS Uniphase Corporation and certain of its corporate officers by current and former employees of the company who participated in the JDS Uniphase Corporation Employee 401(k) Retirement Plan. The action alleges that the company violated the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) when officers breached their fiduciary duties by (1) making false statements that had the effect of inflating the price of the company's stock and (2) failing to sufficiently diversify the retirement plans stock holdings.

A statewide collective action has been filed in Florida against HospiceCare of Southeast Florida, Inc. and Susan Telli, executive director of HospiceCare. The action is brought on behalf of all Florida residents who are either currently, or have been since January 5, 2001, employed by HospiceCare and were not paid overtime compensation. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and seeks statutory, compensatory and liquidated damages as well as injunctive and declaratory relief. As a collective action, all potential claimants must voluntarily "opt-in" to the case in order to be considered part of the class. The employees have requested that the court issue notice to all potential claimants in this case.

In 2004, nine african-american Water Services employees sued Metro alleging racially disparate pay, promotion, job assignments, supervision, discipline and accommodations. The lawsuit alleges former Water Services human resources manager Robin Brown, contributed to the problem by not being receptive to the employees’ concerns. Brown is now human resources manager at Metro’s Department of Human Resources. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has cleared the way for a group of Metro Water Services employees who sued the department for racial discrimination to proceed as a class action.

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