Last month, four sheriff detectives from Bedford County, Tennessee, filed a lawsuit claiming they had not been paid overtime or compensatory time off in two years and were forced to work off the timeclock.

Payroll legislation to prevent public school resources from being used to collect union dues was recently proposed in Michigan, The Associated Press reports.

Next month, the California Supreme Court will determine whether compensation claims adjusters are entitled to overtime pay.

Four U.S. Open umpires recently sued the U.S. Tennis Association over wage and hour violations committed over the past six years.

Following an investigation by the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor, a Fayetteville, Georgia-based restaurant chain was ordered to provide 230 workers with more than $100,000 in back wages.

Tracey Edwards, regional president of the New York North West area for Verizon, recently denied claims that the company refused to give overtime payments to union workers.

According to recently released figures, the top earner on the Illinois state payroll last year was the assistant medical director and staff psychiatrist at the Rockford-based Singer Mental Health Center.

A recent study by Robert Half International found that there is a worldwide shortage of skilled accountancy and finance professionals.

Video game publisher, developer and distributor Take-Two Interactive is currently embroiled in a time and attendance lawsuit after a former employee sued the company over its employee attendance policies.