Personnel cuts at Miami University, Ohio, have led to an increase in overtime employee attendance payouts, according to the Middletown Journal.

Alfred Lowe, the head of the El Paso Police Department's Crimes Against Persons Unit, was recently put on leave in connection with an overtime employee attendance scandal, according to the El Paso Times.

California Governor Jerry Brown recently introduced a comprehensive overhaul of the state's pension system in a bid to drastically reduce costs and address time and attendance manipulations.

A former employee of Lewisville, Texas-based Viva Railings recently sued the architectural and hardware company for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act, according to the Southeast Texas Record.

For years, Wisconsin prison guards who worked the next shift after calling in sick received regular pay for one shift and time-and-a-half for the other.

The Maine State Employees Association recently filed a complaint alleging that state officials made unreasonable proposals during contract talks, the Portland Press Herald reports.

Georgia-based restaurant chain Huddle House recently agreed to pay more than $60,000 in back wages to 128 employees following a Department of Labor investigation that uncovered widespread noncompliance of Fair Labor Standards Act provisions.

In response to concerns about overtime employee attendance compensation rates, the town of Northwood, Iowa, is considering eliminating its police force, the Mason City Globe Gazette reports.

City officials in Rochester, New York, are considering charging businesses in the town's Upper East End district for weekend police patrols, the Democrat and Chronicle reports.