Staff are suing their employers like never before in the US. Companies are hoping the Supreme Court can intervene. Sue Reisinger reports

What could bank loan officers, bartenders, phone company engineers, financial research associates, exotic dancers, drugstore assistant managers, computer technicians, janitors, paramedics, delivery truck drivers, exterminators, waiters, cable TV repair workers and chicken processors all possibly have in common? Well, at least this: Each group sued their employers over pay issues in 2010.