John Padgett, head of the Georgia Republican Party, is facing allegations that he engaged in racial discrimination against an employee of one of his privately owned firms. Vanessa Dewberry, a former manager of Southeast Ambulance Inc., run by Padgett's firm, filed a federal lawsuit against the politician in Atlanta.Dewberry had a meeting last February...

The home furnishing chain, Bed, Bath & Beyond has yet another wage and hour lawsuit filed against them, alleging misclassification, failure to pay overtime, and failure to pay to double-time wages. Joshua, a department manager at the company's Houston store, became the lead plaintiff in this new lawsuit.He was classified as a salaried, exempt...

Leonardo DiCaprio's “Wolf of Wall Street” depicts powerful men in high places living a life of sex and drugs. It seems a Humphrey's County, Tennessee superintendent saw himself as one of DiCaprio's men. Jimmy Long is now being sued by a bookkeeper for the school district, Teresa Smith.Smith alleges in her suit that Long...

Vodafone, a British telecommunications company that operates all over the world, recently announced a new and generous maternity leave policy. Employees will be able to take off 16 weeks of maternity leave while still receiving their full regular pay. In the following six months, they can also work slightly reduced hours without a pay...

As the weather gets warmer and we transition into spring/summer season, let's remember one of the most interesting cases of summer 2014.Robert “Bob” Sallustio and his wife Nancy Sallustio were in the middle of a terrible divorce. Both worked in the marketing department of Kemper Independence Insurance Co. in Sacramento, CA.In 2006, in the...