Metro Transit bus driver overtime in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area rose by more than 50 percent between 2008 and 2010, according to recent analysis by the Pioneer Press.

Connecticut recently became the first state in the nation to enact a mandatory law that guarantees eligible employees the right to earn paid sick time.

A law affecting paid sick time accrual went into effect in Connecticut on January 1, making the state the first in the nation to mandate paid sick leave.

California's Supreme Court recently reversed a state appellate court's 2007 ruling that claims adjusters are nonexempt from earning overtime employee attendance compensation.

Three former employees of Fargo, North Dakota, gentlemen's club The Northern recently filed a time and attendance lawsuit against the club's parent company and owners, according to The Associated Press.

Two employees of restaurant chain Steak 'n Shake recently filed a class action lawsuit against the company in a Georgia federal court, alleging it failed to comply with federal time and attendance regulations.

The 2012 employee recruiting landscape is expected to be similar to 2011, according to CareerBuilder's annual job forecast, which found nearly one-quarter (23 percent) of surveyed hiring managers anticipating the hiring of workers this year.

Mobile technology may be the latest frontier for employee recruiting.

It may be hard to believe, but in a country with a national unemployment rate tip-toeing around 9 percent, employee recruiting can pose a challenge to human resources and owners.