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What do you do when your paycheck is cut off and you can't gain access to your retirement fund? In the wake of such an action, a class action has been filed by employees of Emery Worldwide Airlines, Inc. against the shipping company, its parent company, CNF, Inc., and T. Rowe Price, who managed Emery's retirement accounts.

A collective action has been filed in Florida against WHB Parking Systems, Inc. who operate under the name, USA Parking System. The action is brought on behalf of all Florida employees of WHB who have not been paid proper minimum wage or who have had wages due to them withheld by the company. 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 must "opt-in" in order to be a member of the class. The employees have requested that notice be sent to all potential claimants.

The parties have reached a tentative $21 million settlement in a class action filed against the Morrison Knudsen Savings Plan, the Morrison Knudsen Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan, other various corporate defendants, and 29 individual defendants on behalf of all current and former participants of the Savings Plan who held shares of Morrison Knudsen stock in their savings plan accounts on or after July 19, 1994, and all individuals who were participants of the Morrison Knudsen Employee Stock Ownership Plan on or after July 19, 1994. The settlement notice does not indicate a claims deadline— persons eligible to take part in the settlement should contact the attorneys for the class for more information.

If you volunteer to do put in time for a for-profit business, does it no longer qualify as work? A class action has been filed against America Online, Inc. and two related companies on behalf of Californians who served as chat room volunteers and who allege that the company failed to pay them minimum wages and overtime in violation of the California Business & Professions Code.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Southern District Court of Florida against 2800 Davie Road, 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 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.