American InterContinental University Online Announces Legal Victory in Overtime Suit.Court Rules in Favor of AIU AIU American Intercontinental University AIU Allegheny Intermediate Unit (Homestead, PA) AIU Atlantic International University AIU Association of Indian Universities AIU Association Internationale des Universités Online on All Claims in Finnigan, et. al. v. AIU Online HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. -- American InterContinental University American InterContinental University, commonly called AIU, is an international for-profit university owned by Career Education Corporation (stock symbol CECO). It was founded in 1977 as the American College of Applied Arts. Online (AIU Online) announced today that on October 2, 2006, Illinois Chancery Court Judge Thomas Quinn ruled that AIU Online had properly paid the plaintiffs, three former admissions advisors, all of the compensation, including overtime, to which they were entitled. After a nine-day bench trial and extensive briefing of the facts and the law, the court found that the plaintiffs had failed to prove even a single one of their allegations against the university. "The record is replete with references to overtime work being reported to and approved by defendant," the court found. Not only had plaintiffs failed to prove that the university had in any way violated the law, but in fact, the court found, the university's overtime practices were "sound business policy." Judge Quinn also noted that AIU Online maintained a general practice of compensating its hourly employees that was even more generous than the law required. In June of last year, Judge Quinn denied the plaintiffs' motion to certify a class action. A similar overtime action is pending in federal court. "We are gratified grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. that the court's final determination has vindicated both AIU Online's policy and the AIU Online managers who applied it," said Eric Israel, senior vice president and general counsel for Career Education Corporation's University Group. "AIU Online remains committed to ensuring that it provides an outstanding environment for its students to learn, faculty to teach, staff to work, and for all of these stakeholders to continue to grow and develop their careers," added Dr. Alan Drimmer, President of AIU Online. About AIU Online AIU Online is the web-based virtual campus of American InterContinental University, an international university with residential campuses located in Atlanta, Georgia; Los Angeles, California; South Florida; Houston, Texas; London, England; and Dubai, United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates, federation of sheikhdoms (2005 est. pop. 2,563,000), c.30,000 sq mi (77,700 sq km), SE Arabia, on the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. (The American University in Dubai The American University in Dubai (AUD) (in Arabic:الجامعة الأمريكية في دبي ) is a for-profit private educational institute located in Dubai, United ). For more information, see www.aiuonline.edu. About Career Education Corporation The colleges, schools and universities that are part of the Career Education Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CECO CECO Council of Engineering Companies of Oregon CECO Cost Estimate Change Order CECO Center for Economic and Community Outreach CECO CENTCOM Engineer Contingency Organization CECO Concrete Engineering Company of Omaha (Ceco Concrete Construction LLC) ) family offer high quality education to more than 85,000 students across the world in a variety of career-oriented disciplines. The 80-plus campuses that serve these students are located throughout the U. S., Canada, France, the United Kingdom, and the United Arab Emirates and offer doctoral, master's, bachelor's, and associate degrees and diploma and certificate programs. The mission of CEC (Central Electronic Complex) The set of hardware that defines a mainframe, which includes the CPU(s), memory, channels, controllers and power supplies included in the box. Some CECs, such as IBM's Multiprise 2000 and 3000, include data storage devices as well. , through its schools, its educators, and its employees is educationCotheir primary goal, to enable students to graduate successfully and pursue rewarding careers. For more information, see www.careered.com. |
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