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California labor law offers employees and managers even more protections than federal law. The parties have reached a tentative $10 million settlement in a California class action filed against Big Lots, Inc. on behalf of current and former store managers who allege that the company did not compensate them properly for working overtime, in violation of state labor laws.

A statewide collective action has been filed in Florida against Affordable Dental Center of South Florida, Inc. The action is brought on behalf of all current and former hourly employees of all Florida Affordable Dental Centers, who since May 2001, were not paid proper statutory overtime for all hours worked beyond 40 per week. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and seeks statutory and liquidated damages as well as declaratory and injunctive relief. As a collective action, all potential claimants are required to "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 class members.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in United States District Court against Florida based Kelly Chevrolet. 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.

A class action has been filed on behalf of home health care workers employed by the Gatesway Foundation, a Tulsa based provider of home health services. The suit alleges that workers employed at Gatesway between 2001 and 2004 routinely worked more than 40 hours a week but were not paid overtime as required by the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act. The plaintiffs seek an award of the unpaid overtime with interest, attorney’s fees and costs, as well as liquidated damages and equitable relief.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida against Tim Graboski Roofing, Inc. The case involves violations of employment law pertaining to 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.

A class action was recently filed in a New York district court over American Express' retirement plans. The lawsuit was filed by Paula Kritzman on behalf of herself and all others "similarly situated." The plaintiff alleges that when the American Express Retirement Plan was amended in July 1995 to convert to a cash balance formula from a final average pay formula for the calculation of benefits, the amended terms violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.