According to a recently released Congressional Budget Office report, a permanent payroll tax increase of 1.6 percent would need to go into effect immediately in order to maintain the solvency of the Social Security system for the next 75 years.

California Governor Jerry Brown recently ratified legislation to let production companies hire payroll companies.

The Fort Worth, Texas-based American Airlines Federal Credit Union recently agreed to pay more than $83,000 in overtime back wages after an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division.

Despite lingering economic uncertainty, a rising number of Americans are quitting their jobs in favor of something better, the Delaware News Journal reports.

Following an investigation by the Missouri Labor Department's Division of Labor Standards, Franklin County-based Spray Services recently agreed to reimburse workers for more than $24,000 in unpaid overtime.

The former controller of a Greenwich, Connecticut-based private equity firm recently pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud after abusing his position as employee payroll services supervisor, embezzling more than $85,000.

A payroll discrepancy that led to a Bossier City, Louisiana, building maintenance employee not being paid overtime for years was discovered last month.

Southwest Florida's Lee County recently began looking into alleged employee time theft and payroll fraud within its Department of Transportation, WBBH-TV reports.

Members of Orthodox social justice group Uri L'Tzedek recently picketed in response to a kosher cheese company challenging a ruling that it should pay approximately $270,000 in overtime back pay to its workers.