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A collective action has been filed in South Carolina against the Orangeburg Consolidated School District Number Four. 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 school district. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and is seeking back pay as damages.

A class action filed against the Northshore Mining Company of Silver Bay, Minnesota, by its female employees has been certified by the court. The case alleges that the company has been systematically discriminating against its female employees.

On September 30, 2003, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana certified a class of current and former employees of IPALCO, Inc. in an action against the company seeking compensation for losses to class members' 401(k) retirement funds.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Southern District Court of Florida against Milton Specter, 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.

A statewide collective/class action has been filed in Illinois against the TJX Companies, who operate Marshalls, the discount clothing giant. The action is brought on behalf of all Illinois residents who have been employed by Marshalls in the period since February 2001 as hourly employees. The action is brought under both the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and Illinois wage and labor laws and seeks back pay, compensatory, statutory, liquidated and punitive damages as well as injunctive and declaratory relief. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, all those who wish to join the collective action must voluntarily "opt-in" in order to be considered a member of the class. The employees have requested that the court issue notice to all potential claimants.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Northern District Court of Oklahoma against Epeo Link, Inc. for violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). ERISA is a federal law that sets minimum standards for most voluntarily established pension and health plans in private industry to provide protection for individuals in these plans. Class members seek a declaratory judgment that they are entitled to relief under ERISA, money damages, injunctive relief, punitive damages, attorney's fees and costs of the litigation.

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