The owner of Ashley Furniture HomeStores in Lubbock, Texas, recently agreed to pay more than $57,000 worth of back wages to 170 current and former employees of the company's Texas locations.

A Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority inspector was recently accused of misappropriating more than $250,000 from the MBTA Inspectors Union - known as Local 600 - WCVB-TV reports.

Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa recently signed a $6.9 billion city service-cutting budget in order to avoid layoffs. As part of the budget, overtime will be eliminated for members of the Los Angeles Police Department.

Social networking has become a central component to employee recruiting.

A recent investigation into the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services' Child Protective Services' time and attendance policies found that employees are owed more than $1 million in back overtime wages.

University of California nurses recently voted to ratify a 26-month labor agreement with the educational institution after prolonged disagreements over salary and retirement benefits, the Daily Californian reports.

Under recent legislation passed by the Alabama Senate, state agency employees and those who work at schools, colleges and universities would contribute an additional 2.5 percent of their paychecks toward retirement coverage, the Birmingham News reports.

Following an audit by the United States Department of Labor, Texas-based Valley Baptist Medical Center recently sent out checks to compensate employees for unpaid overtime and skipped meal breaks, KRGV-TV reports.

In a recent webinar for M. Lee Smith Publishers, McAfee & Taft employment law and labor relations attorney Charles S. Plumb offered insight into the intricacies of the Fair Labor Standards Act.