"We'll ensure we keep any maintenance work to a minimum which will help customers send and receive text and picture messages via their mobiles, " a spokesman for O2 said.
Morgan Chase and Wells introduced new account structures in 2010 and 2011 that imposed monthly maintenance fees unless customers maintained certain minimum balances or hit preset monthly deposit levels.
The lawsuit seeks back wages owed to current and former servers for the time spent doing general maintenance or preparatory duties that they performed for less than minimum wage.
More good news for bank consumers: since the January 2011 Bank Fee Survey, average minimum balance requirements to avoid fees are lower, and average monthly checking account maintenance fees (for those who pay them) are also slightly lower.