A Federal Emergency Management Agency human resources employee has been charged with using the agency's payroll processing system to embezzle almost $150,000, according to government news site GovExec.com.

With payroll legislation in the news recently, the American Payroll Association has identified baffling payroll laws from 10 different states.

The California Department of Insurance is suing a San Mateo-based janitorial and pest control company for payroll and insurance premium fraud.

A former employee of the Boys and Girls Club in La Habra, California, was recently sentenced to three years in prison for embezzling more than $134,000, including about $25,000 in extra payroll to herself.

In order to increase payroll process efficiency, employees in Etowah County, Alabama, will be required to enroll in a direct deposit program, according to the Gadsden Times.

An outdated payroll system is being blamed for circumstances resulting in the office of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio being accused of inappropriately spending almost $100 million of funds over the past eight years.

The village of Mamaroneck in Westchester County, New York, was recently found to have paid the chief of its Department of Public Works more than $150,000 in overtime that he was not authorized to receive, according to the Lower Hudson Journal.

A recent audit found that the police department of Montgomery County, Maryland, has been paying its employees overtime even when they fail to submit required documentation, according to the Washington Examiner.

The New York Wage Theft Prevention Act, which was passed last December, has recently gone into effect in the state. The act requires employers to comply with a set of new rules designed to prevent them from stealing from workers.