Wage theft can come in a variety of forms - employers failing to pay workers properly for overtime, illegal tip pooling, misclassifying workers under exemptions for which they do not qualify or simply failing to pay workers minimum wage rates.

The minimum wage for tipped employees, including restaurant servers in many states, is set at $2.13 per hour, far below the $7.25 rate guaranteed to most non-tipped employees.

Steven Miller, owner of Industrial Engineering & Development, recently received notice he was being sued for unpaid overtime by a former employee and a woman he didn't believe ever worked for him, reports The Tampa Bay Times.

The phone was reported stolen out of a locker in a Berkeley school and Meehan ordered a search involving 10 officers, some member of the drug task force.

Police officers are some of the highest paid professionals in Fall River, Massachusetts, reports The Herald News, with several earning six-figure salaries as the result of overtime hours worked.

A recent investigation revealed that some police officers in Little Rock, Arkansas, are taking advantage of the city's lax payroll policies and boosting their standard salaries with overtime, according to KARK News.

Recent budget cuts have left the Minneapolis Fire Department short staffed, and as a result, overtime pay for just April and May has totaled $190,000, according to KTSP-TV.

Boston Market, a quick service restaurant chain based out of Golden, Colorado, recently agreed to pay $3 million to settle an employee lawsuit.

As part of the U.S. Department of Labor's Fair Standards Act (FLSA), employees are guaranteed minimum wage and premium overtime pay if they work more than 40 hours in a standard week.