According to recent analysis by the Wisconsin Reporter, the state of Wisconsin paid its employees almost $53 million in overtime last year - the equivalent of 1,200 workers making the average state salary.

A former payroll consultant for the Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center in Massachusetts was recently indicted for allegedly manipulating the center's records in order to conceal his embezzlement, according to the Boston Globe.

The development of cloud-based solutions has resulted in an increase in human resource outsourcing, according to Sourcing Focus.

The New York state legislature is presently considering a law that would exempt fairs and their vendors from having to pay overtime to employees who work more than 40 hours per week, according to the Syracuse Post-Standard.

A former Louisiana school employee recently pleaded not guilty to charges of obstruction of justice, first degree injuring public record, theft, malfeasance in office and public payroll fraud after being accused of embezzlement last year.

The owner of a Yuma, Arizona-based doughnut shop was recently indicted by a grand jury for concealment by trick, making false statements and willful failure to pay more than $27,000 in back wages to eight employees over a two-year period.

The chief financial officer of Charlotte, North Carolina-based Harris Land Company was recently charged with embezzlement, WBTV reports.

Thanks to a reduction in the number of state workers over the past decade, overtime payouts have increased. This has allowed a lieutenant in the juvenile corrections system to become the ninth-highest-paid employee in all of New Jersey's state government.

The highway department superintendent for the town of Bethlehem in Albany County, New York, is rescheduling employees' duties in order to more equally balance overtime, according to the Times Union.