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Case ID: 4642 | Employment | 02/06/2006
Current and former Caribou Coffee employees alleges Caribou misclassified its store managers and managers-in-training under the Minnesota and federal Fair Labor Standards Acts to avoid paying them overtime. The class action lawsuit that was filed claims three former Caribou Coffee managers from Minnesota routinely worked 55 hours a week as store managers but spent most of their time performing nonmanagerial duties including waiting on customers, making coffee drinks and cleaning store bathrooms.
The lawsuit, filed in Minnesota State Court accuses Brooklyn Center-based Caribou Coffee of violating wage and overtime laws. Recenlty, a Minneapolis federal judge upheld a magistrate judge's ruling certifying the lawsuit as a class-action case. The rulings, in turn, have enabled plaintiffs' attorneys to notify nearly 700 former and current Caribou store managers about the lawsuit. So far, nearly 100 have decided to join the suit, most of them from Minnesota, said an attorney for the plaintiffs. Prospective class members have until April 10 to join the litigation. A possible trial is scheduled for December 2006. 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 Federal civil rights legislation prohibits discrimination based on gender, age, race, and national origin. The parties have reached a $3.5 million voluntary pre-litigation settlement in an enforcement action based on complaints that national hair salon chain Supercuts, Inc. engaged in racial discrimination. The agreement will provide relief to African Americans meeting certain qualifying criteria who applied to, were terminated from, or denied promotions by Supercuts Stores in its Eastern Region between November 1996 and December 2001. Eligible claimants should contact the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for information on how to take part in the sesttlement. A collection action has been filed against the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration and several of its employees on behalf of all employees of the administration who were not paid overtime compensation or minimum wage or were wrongly terminated after complaining to the administration about these payment discrepancies. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and is seeking unpaid wages, statutory damages, and declaratory relief.
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