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The class has been certified in an action filed against Kmart Corporation board members and executives on behalf of current and former Kmart employees who had more than $100 million of the discount chain's stock in their 401(k) retirement plans when the company went bankrupt. The action alleges that the defendants violated the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act by abrogating their fiduciary duties to plan participants. Persons eligible to take part in the action should contact attorneys for the class.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Southern District Court of New York against Bellsouth Long Distance, 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.

Although a business, under certain circumstances, can avoid paying overtime to managerial employees who work more than 40 hours in a normal workweek, it must be careful to stay within federal regulations. A national class action has been filed against rent-to-own company Rent-Way, Inc. on behalf of current and former employees who allege that the company failed to pay them overtime, in violation of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Qualified employees should join the action as soon as possible to prevent forfeiture of benefits because of the operation of federal statutory deadlines.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Middle District Court of Florida against Lowe's Companies, Inc., a North Carolina based home improvement store with 1,000 stores in 45 states, for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Class members seek an order enjoining the Company from continuing their current pay policies, compensatory damages, attorney's fees, interest and costs.

The $88.8 million verdict has been upheld in any class action filed against farmers insurance exchange on behalf of current and former claims representatives, who allege that the insurer violated California labor law when it failed to pay them overtime pay from October 1, 1993, to the present. Persons eligible to take part in the action should contact the attorneys for the class. No money will be distributed until all possible appeals are exhausted.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Southern District Court of Florida against Palm Beach Lawn Maintenance, 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.