The State Office of Mental Health's (OMH) Capital District Psychiatric Center in Albany, New York was recently highlighted in a WNYT-TV story for its huge overtime costs. After garnering payroll records through the Freedom of Information Act, the news source discovered that OMH employees received more than $82 million in overtime pay last year, with a number of workers more than doubling their salaries.

If departments and agencies are concerned about their payroll costs and sticking to proposed budgets, they might consider installing timeclocks that track and calculate employees' time and attendance totals. This was suggested at a recent Jasper County Commissioners meeting in Monticello, Georgia, according to the Monticello News. The county wants to update its payroll policies and install new timekeeping systems in all departments. This would require all employees to clock in before shifts and out when they're finished working in addition to punches when they take meal or rest breaks.

Or, they can consider devices that offer functionalities that are even more advanced, such as those recently installed in West Haven, Connecticut, that require workers to scan their fingerprints and enter a PIN in order to clock in, according to the New Haven Register. 

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