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A class action has been filed in Texas against petro-chemical giant Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, LP on behalf of all past and present female managers--apparently nationally--of the company who have experienced discrimination based on their sex. The managers claim that Chevron has systematically discriminated against them, violating both federal and Texas civil rights laws. The managers are seeking compensatory damages, back and front pay, injunctive relief and liquidated damages.

A statewide collective action has been filed in Florida against the Carlink Corporation. The action is brought on behalf of all current and former employees of Carlink who were not paid proper overtime wages for all hours worked in excess of 40 per week. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and seeks statutory and liquidated damages as well as injunctive and declaratory relief. As a collective action, all potential claimants must "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 claimants.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Northern District Court of Texas against JL Securities, Inc., a Texas based Security Company, for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Class members seek unpaid compensation, attorney's fees and costs.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Southern District Court of Texas against Mental Health and Mental Retardation Authority of Harris County. 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.

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.

A national collective action has been filed in Georgia against retail giant, Sears, Roebuck & Company. The action is brought on behalf of all U.S. residents who are currently, or have been, employed by Sears as hourly workers and who have not been paid overtime compensation for all hours worked in excess of 40 per week. 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 collective action, all potential claimants must voluntarily join the action by "opting-in" to the case. The employees have requested that the court issue notice to all potential claimants.