Since Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal took office in July 2008, more than 7,000 jobs have been eliminated from the state payroll, leaving the total number at 82,842, the Times-Picayune reports.

A recent report by Chicago's inspector general found that the city's fire department's furlough program savings had been significantly reduced because of overtime and holiday pay being improperly awarded.

A settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit filed by a former Garland County, Arkansas, sheriff's deputy regarding overtime pay, the Hot Springs Sentinel-Record reports.

The Fort Smith, Arkansas, board of directors recently approved an overtime policy change for the city's police officers, The City Wire reports.

Two employees of Ventura, California-based Metson Marine recently took the company to court over its overtime wage practices, Compensation BLR reports.

The United States Department of Labor recently fined an Upper Crust franchise in Salem, Massachusetts, for violating federal time and attendance laws, according to the Boston Globe.

The New York Senate recently discussed a bill that eliminates the payroll tax for the Metropolitan Transportation Association. However, concerns about subway and bus fare hikes resulted in the proposal stalling in the Assembly Ways & Means Committee.

House Budget Committee Chairman and Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan recently denounced a temporary employer payroll cut that is being considered by the Obama administration as "sugar-high economics," according to The Hill.

An officer who was fired from his job as a member of the Connecticut Valley Hospital police force in March for payroll fraud recently began collecting a lifetime pension of $73,800, the Hartford Courant reports.