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Case ID: 4012 | Employment | 12/07/2004
A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Western District Court of Michigan against Light Metals Corporation for violations of . Class members seek damages, declaratory and injunctive relief for breach of a collective bargaining agreement. They also seek to recover benefits due and to clarify rights to future benefits due under an employee welfare benefit plan and an employee pension plan.
Specifically, the complaint alleges that the plaintiffs were represented by the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) and their Local 19 Union. The collective bargaining agreements gave retired employees and their spouses and eligible dependents, a vested contractual right to certain pension, health and other insurance benefits. However, in the fall of 2004, their employer notified retirees that it was reducing or completely terminating their retiree health insurance and pension benefits by refusing to pay for the monthly retiree health insurance premium and for the portion of the pension benefit representing the amount of the retiree health insurance premium for surviving spouses of retired employees, which plaintiffs allege is a violation of the labor management reporting and disclosure act and ERISA. At Lawcash.com, it is our goal to keep you informed about important legal cases, class actions and settlements. Our lawyers offer free legal evaluations in tort cases, class actions, personal injury, and other lawsuits because we are dedicated to helping you resolve your legal complaints. Other Employment Cases of Interest The parties have reached a tentative $1,810,000 settlement of a class action filed against professional employer services provider Staff Leasing, Inc. (Nasdaq: STFF) and certain of its officers and directors by stockholders who owned the company's common stock between March 17 and April 20, 1999, and lost money because of the defendants' rejection of the March 17, 1999, tender offer by Paribas Principal Partners. State and federal laws protect persons from discrimination based on their race, color, ethnicity, and gender. The parties have reached a $36.5 million settlement in a class action filed against United Airlines, Inc. on behalf of female flight attendants, who allege that companies use of different weight policies from male and female flight attendants between 1989 and 1994 constituted illegal sex discrimination under federal and state law. Claim forms must be postmarked by March 15, 2004, to be considered valid. Federal law prohibits sexual harassment in the workplace. The parties have reached a $1.1 million settlement in an enforcement action filed against discount fare seller Cheap Tickets, Inc., on behalf of current and former female employees working at Cheap Tickets' Los Angeles call center between 2000 and the center's closing in September 2001. Eligible claimants should contact the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. A class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of hourly workers at Florida based Vinnie’s Painting and Handiwork. The suit alleges that the company routinely denied overtime pay to employees who had worked hours in excess of 40 per week. The workers are seeking back overtime pay and other damages. A nationwide class action has been filed in Ohio against supermarket giant, The Kroger Company. The action is brought on behalf of all current and former employees of Kroger whose health insurance was either reduced or cancelled while on medical leave or who were not reinstated to their previous position once they returned from medical leave. The action is brought under the federal Family Medical Leave Act and seeks statutory and liquidated damages as well as injunctive and declaratory relief. A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Southern District Court of Florida against Rones, Inc DBA La Pizzeria. The case involves violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). 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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