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A class action was recently filed in a New York district court over American Express' retirement plans. The lawsuit was filed by Paula Kritzman on behalf of herself and all others "similarly situated." The plaintiff alleges that when the American Express Retirement Plan was amended in July 1995 to convert to a cash balance formula from a final average pay formula for the calculation of benefits, the amended terms violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Northern District Court of Illinois against Chilpancingo, Inc. The case involves violations of employment 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 class action lawsuit filed on behalf of about 900 Albertson's grocery store managers charged that the grocer erroneously classified managers as exempt, even though many managers spent most of their time performing nonmanagerial work, such as stocking shelves and organizing the stock room, unloading merchandise, cashiering, and checking inventory.

A collective action with apparent national reach has been filed in Alabama against Sanders Oil Company. The action is brought on behalf of all persons employed by Sanders since February 1994, as assistant managers. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and seeks back pay, statutory and liquidated damages as well as injunctive and declaratory relief. As a collective action, all potential claimants are required to "opt-in" to the action in order to be considered a member of the class. The managers have requested that the court issue notice to all potential claimants.

The parties have reached a proposed $1.33 million settlement of a class action against Lane Bryant, Inc. on behalf of all persons who were employed as a store sales manager at a Lane Bryant store in California at any time between October 27, 1997, and July 7, 2003. To recover under the settlement, class members must submit a claim form postmarked no later than September 23, 2003.

Two collective actions have been filed in Alabama against the Birmingham City Board of Education 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 actions are brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and are seeking back pay as damages.

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