Madison Square Garden will be required to pay approximately $1.3 million in overtime pay to more than 300 security guards after a settlement was reached in Manhattan Federal Court.

Purdue University staff saw no salary increases in 2010, thanks to a university mission to cut costs and reduce spending, the West Lafayette Journal & Courier reports.

Houston-based Cemex Inc. has been ordered by the U.S. Department of Labor to pay backlogged overtime pay to 1,705 employees in South Carolina and eight additional states, the Spartanburg Herald-Journal reports.

Rather than receive overtime pay, the union workers will instead earn compensatory pay through the end of the current fiscal year, which runs until April 30, 2011.

The newly minted federal payroll tax deduction means an instant pay increase for employees nationwide. Soon, workers can expect a bump in pay that may provide an added $2,136 in 2011

Californians are getting paid more on average, but total compensation in numerous counties has fallen, according to The Business Journal.

The storms that slammed California in recent weeks have spiked cleanup costs around the state, but officials budgeting money to clear roads and neighborhoods have another cost to worry about - overtime pay.

Businesses small and large trying to reduce expenses should weigh the option of payroll outsourcing. Such alternative payroll processing allows employers to cut costs and direct actions to other day-to-day needs, writes John Edwards for HRWorld.

Costco employees suing to recoup overtime pay received a significant boost to their case when a federal judge ruled that the company had not acted in the best interest of the employees.