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A statewide class action has been filed in California against collection specialist, Bleier & Cox. The action is brought on behalf of all California residents who received a collection letter from Bleier & Cox which failed to include statutorily required information about disputing the validity of the alleged debt. The action is brought under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and seeks statutory damages as well as injunctive and declaratory relief.

A national collective action has been filed in New Jersey against Provident Bank & Home 1-2-3 Corporation. The action is brought on behalf of all current and former Provident& 1-2-3 loan officers who 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 compensatory, 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 statewide collective action has been filed in Florida against ARPM, Inc. and H&R Concepts, LLC. The action is brought on behalf of all current and former employees, who since March 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.

State and federal law prohibits discrimination in public accommodations based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. A class action has been filed against J.C. Penney Company, Inc. on behalf of African Americans and other non-white shoppers who allege that, because of their race or color, they have been wrongfully targeted for shoplifting at J.C. Penney stores located throughout New York City and subsequently subjected to unlawful search and seizures, falsely imprisoned, harassed, and had their personal property wrongfully confiscated or damaged in violation of state and federal civil rights laws.

Federal law tries to level the playing field so that Americans who have disabilities can compete. The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed an enforcement action against DaimlerChrysler AG on behalf of cognitively-impaired job applicants who allege that the company failed to provide readers for them in violation of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.

Trucking has always been regarded as a predominantly male occupation, but women employed at trucking giant CH Robinson Worldwide claim that the company and it's male employees created an environment that crossed the legal boundary into active discrimination. A class action lawsuit filed against the company alleges that women were not paid as well or promoted to supervisory jobs as often as men, even though they were equally qualified. The suit also contends that the work environment at CH Robinson was extremely hostile to women as a result of lewd behavior on the part of male employees, including branch managers. A hearing on class certification in this gender discrimination suit was held in late November, 2004. At this time of this report a ruling had not yet been issued. If the class is certified as many as 2,000 current and former sales, operation and support workers would be able to sue the Minnesota based company.

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