A recent audit by the office of New York comptroller Thomas DiNapoli found that employees of the New York and New Jersey Port Authority pocketed $85.7 million in overtime last year.

Starbucks recently found itself embroiled in a class action lawsuit related to employee attendance compensation.

A payroll dispute between Washington's Tacoma School District and the local teachers' union may result in a delayed start for public school students, according to KAYU-TV.

A New Orleans police officer was recently arrested after an investigation by the city's police department uncovered his scheme of writing false tickets in order to collect overtime pay, according to The Times-Picayune.

Two Jacksonville, Florida-based Mexican restaurants were recently ordered to pay 30 employees nearly $1 million in employee attendance back wages and liquidated damages following an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department.

The United States Labor Department recently recovered more than $23,000 in minimum wages and overtime back pay following a second investigation of Goodfellas Cafe - a restaurant in New Haven, Connecticut.

New York's largest union of state employees recently voted to approve a contract agreement between union leaders and state Governor Andrew Cuomo that would freeze their wages and increase the cost of health benefits.

The First District Court of Appeal in San Francisco, California, recently ruled against an attorney who sued his former firm on the grounds that he was improperly exempted from overtime regulations set by state legislation while working as a law clerk.

Busy small business owners tend to let the documentation of human resources procedures fall by the wayside. However, this can become a costly choice if an employee later sues for wrongful dismissal.