County employee wins time and attendance lawsuit

A payroll clerk will receive more than $822,000 in front pay after a judge ruled she was unfairly fired, the Decatur Daily reports.

Baronica Warren's employment was terminated by the Lawrence County, Alabama, Commission in 2008, two months after she took legal action over a salary reduction and unfair time and attendance practices.

According to Warren's lawyer, Gregg Smith, she was not permitted to put in overtime employee attendance despite the fact that a coworker routinely logged 20 extra hours per week. Then-County Administrator Peggy Dawson contended the overtime was not approved because Warren should have been able to complete her assignments within normal work hours, according to the news source. Dawson also testified that the salary reduction was made because of an error that resulted in overpayment.

Under the federal judge's decision, 33-year-old Warren will receive wages from the county until she reaches retirement age.

Elsewhere in the country, a former employee of a Dayton, Texas-based healthcare facility sued the center for front pay last month, according to the Southeast Texas Record. Antoinette Redmond alleges her employment was terminated because she pointed out racial inequality in the center's overtime policies.