A meat processing company worker was recently arrested for timeclock fraud after pocketing former employees' paychecks, the Suwannee Democrat reports.

Payroll data compiled by Bloomberg News revealed that 42 of California's state nurses made more than $1 million between 2005 and 2011, largely through overtime employee attendance.

President Barack Obama is advocating the extension of overtime and minimum wage protections to workers in the home care industry, but some industry groups warn that the move may backfire, KSEE-TV reports.

The Obama administration recently proposed extending overtime and minimum wage protections to employees in the home care industry.

Payroll services in one California city will soon be pushed to the brink. The minimum hourly wage in San Francisco will reach $10.24 starting January 1, 2012, which is significantly higher than the $7.25 federal minimum wage and the state's $8 minimum.

The Fair Labor Standards Act lays out regulations about minimum wage, overtime, record-keeping and youth employment standards that must be followed.

Overtime employee attendance payouts for members of Pennsylvania's Harrisburg Fire Bureau have steadily increased over the past three years, according to the Patriot-News.

Nonexempt employees must be compensated for working more than 40 hours in one week at a rate no less than time-and-a-half of their regular pay.

The owners of businesses that don't have their own human resources departments may spend as much as one-quarter of their time dealing with HR paperwork, according to Young HR Manager.