After 2009 workforce cuts resulted in smaller staffs, New York state workers are increasing their employee attendance, meaning the state is dishing out more overtime pay. According to New York NPR affiliate NCPR, the state's overtime increased by 11 percent last year, reaching $529 million - almost $52 million more than the previous year.

Employees are finding themselves working overtime in order to finish their responsibilities. New York state policy requires employers to limit overtime, as reported by The Journal News, but staff cuts haven't allowed enough time in the day for workers to do everything necessary for their jobs.

One New York workplace in particular that saw a major staff decrease was the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities, according to the source. Since 2008 the office has lost almost 3,000 workers, causing employee attendance to increase in order to fill the gaps. Lately, the office's employees have worked an average of seven hours of overtime during each two week period.

Many New York residents see governor Andrew Cuomo's state spending cuts as the cause of these understaffed workplaces. "The Cuomo administration ... tells the public they're cutting the public workforce and improving operations when they are really eroding decent middle-class jobs," Danny Donohue, president of the Civil Service Employees Association, told The Journal News.

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