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Case ID: 4168 | Employment | 01/11/2005
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.
At Lawcash.com, it is our goal to keep you informed about important legal cases, class actions and settlements. Our lawyers offer free legal evaluations in tort cases, class actions, personal injury, and other lawsuits because we are dedicated to helping you resolve your legal complaints. Other Employment Cases of Interest Continental Tire North America Inc. retirees have filed a class-action lawsuit against the company over medical benefits. A class action has been filed against Educational Testing Service, Inc., on behalf of all persons who were falsely told that they received a failing score on a test known as the Praxis Principles of Learning and Teaching for Grades 7 Through 12 between January 2003 and April 2004. A statewide collective action has been filed in West Virginia against credit card customer service giant, Applied Card Systems, Inc. The action is brought on behalf of all West Virginia employees of Applied who were not paid proper overtime compensation for all hours worked beyond 40 per week and who were terminated suddenly on April 23, 2003, when Applied closed its West Virginia
operations without prior notice to employees. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and West Virginia labor laws and seeks back pay, statutory and liquidated damages as well as injunctive and declaratory relief. As a collective action, all potential claimants must voluntarily "opt-in" to the action in order to be considered a member of the class. The employees have requested that the court issue notice to all potential claimants.
Overtime pay is a hot-button issue in the legislative and judicial sectors today. The class has been certified in an action filed against Eastman Kodak Company on behalf of current and former employees of the company alleging that Kodak's overtime payment policies have violated state and federal labor laws since 1996. Verizon Communications will pay almost $49 million to 12,326 past and present women employees as part of a settlement of a government suit claiming the company discriminated against pregnant women. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reached the settlement in 2002 after accusing Verizon's predecessors, Nynex Corp. and Bell Atlantic, of denying expectant mothers full pension benefits.
Federal law protects workers from unexpected job losses due to surprise layoffs. A class action has been filed against accounting giant Arthur Anderson, LLP on behalf of former employees who allege that they were laid off during a 90-day period in violation of the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act. |
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