A former bookkeeper for Kentucky's Whitley County Sheriff's Office recently pleaded guilty to one felony charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader.

A Hammond, Louisiana-based commercial delivery service company has agreed to pay $271,303 in overtime back wages to more than 100 of its current and former employees after being found in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, reports KATC-TV.

According to a recent study by Careerbuilder, 21 percent of employers surveyed said that they plan to engage in seasonal employee recruiting, with 57 percent of those indicating that they may consider summer hires for permanent positions.

A budget-trimming proposal to increase federal workers' payroll deductions in order to contribute to the federal pension fund may spur employees to leave the federal service, according to the Washington Post.

A Palm Beach County School District proposal that would provide raises for half of the teachers on the Florida county's payroll was recently rejected by union officials, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency is set to overrun its annual overtime budget by 55 percent - the equivalent of almost $18 million.

A pastor was recently charged with seven counts of theft-by-swindle for fabricating expenses and stealing money from the Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, chapter of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Church Synod, according to the Southwest Review-News.

A Danville, Pennsylvania, woman was recently ordered to pay a fine of nearly $2 million and serve 30 months in prison for embezzling more than $3 million in healthcare benefits from a Mount Carmel fire department ambulance company.

A recent Newport Beach, California, report on lifeguard pay in 2010 found that all but one of the 14 full-time lifeguards on the city's payroll made more than $100,000.