LawCash Links

Recommended

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Southern District Court of Florida against Palm Aire Resorts Management Corporation. The case involves violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act. 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.

Gymboree Reaches Agreement to Settle Claims on California Class Action Wage-And-Hour Lawsuit. The Gymboree Corporation reached an agreement to settle claims on a California class action wage-and-hour lawsuit. The settlement is subject to court approval.

In 2004, nine african-american Water Services employees sued Metro alleging racially disparate pay, promotion, job assignments, supervision, discipline and accommodations. The lawsuit alleges former Water Services human resources manager Robin Brown, contributed to the problem by not being receptive to the employees’ concerns. Brown is now human resources manager at Metro’s Department of Human Resources. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has cleared the way for a group of Metro Water Services employees who sued the department for racial discrimination to proceed as a class action.

Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin and protects employees who complain about such offenses from retaliation. A class action has been filed against Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America, Inc., on behalf of black and Hispanic employees at the company's Normal, IL, plant who allege that Mitsubishi has continued to allow a hostile work environment to exist even after a prior racial discrimination action was settled for $3.2 million in 2001.

Orange County Sheriff Kevin Beary faces a class-action lawsuit filed by agency retirees angered by losing lifetime health insurance benefits. About 300 former employees claim Beary illegally stripped them of the coverage offered since 1998 to anyone who worked 20 years or more for the agency.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in U.S. District Court against San Francisco based North Bay Construction, Inc. The case was originally filed in California state court and has now been removed to the federal court system. The case involves violations of federal labor 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.

IT'S FREE