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Case ID: 4871 | Employment | 07/11/2006
Wal-Mart faces yet another lawsuit filed by employees, this time lawyers claim that retail giant Wal-Mart has broken Massachusetts law more than 1 (m) million times by shortchanging workers.
The lawsuit was filed in Middlesex Superior Court and is one of Massachusetts largest class-action cases ever. Attorneys for employees claim that Wal-Mart cut short employee breaks and deprived staffers of full pay. A lawyer for the workers states that his clients "needed the paychecks to live and they were cheated out of pennies compared to Wal-Mart's billions." The lawsuit seeks to represent any Wal-Mart employee in Massachusetts that was deprived of full pay or shortened breaks. 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 Managers employed by Dallas Texas based Jaack Management Inc. have filed a class action lawsuit claiming that the company routinely requires its managers to work hours in excess of 40 per week without receiving overtime. The complaint alleges that such "off the clock" uncompensated hours are required by the company in violation of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. The managers seek an award of the unpaid overtime together with interest, costs and other damages. Is it right for a company to take out life insurance on its employees so that it can make a profit from its workers' death? A class action has been filed against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. on behalf of widows of former New Hampshire Wal-Mart employees who allege that the company purchased life insurance policies on more than a thousand employees without their knowledge in violation of their right to privacy and in breach of the company's fiduciary duties to its employees. A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Northern District Court of Texas against FFE Transportation Services Inc. for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) 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. Class members seek to recover unpaid overtime wages, attorney's fees and costs of the litigation. A collective action has been filed in South Carolina against the Richland School District Two. The action is brought on behalf of all former and current employees who have worked in excess of 40 hours a week, but who have not been paid overtime by the school district. The action is brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and is seeking back pay as damages. A class action has been filed on behalf of retirees who retired from the Case Corporation (now known as CNH Global NV) on or after July 1, 1983 and were under 62 years of age at the time of retirement. The suite alleges that Case denied such retirees supplemental benefits due to them under negotiated collective bargaining agreements and in violation of federal law. A class action has been filed on behalf of all individuals who signed a "My net branch compensation agreement" with Flagstar Bank FSB between October 22, 2002 and the present. The lawsuit contends that although Flagstar treated branch managers as franchise owners required to fund business operations personally, these individuals were in fact employees for purposes of federal labor law and were denied payments to which they were legally entitled. |
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