It's no surprise to hear that when employees are stressed and under pressure they may be more likely to duck out of work. However, in a recession, employee time and attendance issues grew even greater.
A recent analysis by The Associated Press revealed the United States Border Patrol has disbursed approximately $1.4 billion in compensation for overtime employee attendance since 2006.
A lawsuit recently filed in Texas federal court alleges that financial institution BBVA Compass violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by failing to adequately compensate its mortgage banking officers (MBOs) for overtime employee attendance.
A franchisee for restaurant chain Subway was recently sued by the United States Department of Labor for alleged violations of federal time and attendance legislation.
A disagreement over changes to firefighter overtime policies by the city of Charleston, West Virginia, is headed for court, WSAZ-TV reports.
Companies in a range of industries offer internship programs to help give aspiring professionals hands-on experience in their chosen field.
Three companies were recently sued in San Antonio federal court by janitors alleging they were not paid in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Seguin Gazette reports.
A recent lawsuit involving fashion publication Harper's Bazaar called the magazine's publisher into question for potentially violating time and attendance legislation, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Provisions in the contracts of California firefighters means they often take home more than their bosses, according to the Sacramento Bee. This recently led to a decision to boost pay for managerial positions in an effort to fill vacancies.
For big city-based companies, managing employee time and attendance can be difficult, especially in light of public transportation and citywide events.
A recreational vehicle dealership in East Texas is being sued for allegedly violating the Fair Labor Standards Act's time and attendance provisions, according to the Southeast Texas Record.
A U.S. District Judge is set to rule on a time and attendance lawsuit settlement levied against the city of Denver by approximately 850 current and former police officers, the Denver Post reports.
Two years after a group of officers had their time and attendance lawsuit against the San Diego Police Department (SDPD) thrown out, the United States Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal.
New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is currently negotiating with the Transport Workers Union Local 100 over wage increases and changes to time and attendance regulations, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Workers employed in tipped professions are frequently awarded back wages and overtime pay after Department of Labor investigations or court cases determine their employers violated the requirements set by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
The chief financial officer of Galloway Township, New Jersey, recently came under fire for accruing overtime hours by working through her lunch break, The Press of Atlantic City reports.
Many associate an employee tracking system with keeping tabs on lower-level workers.
Restaurateurs in the state of Washington are trying to deal with a recent change in time and attendance legislation that makes the state's minimum wage the highest in the country, the Edmonds Patch reports.
Professional services firm KPMG was recently sued for the misclassification of thousands of entry-level audit workers, denying them proper overtime wages.
Three former employees of Fargo, North Dakota, gentlemen's club The Northern recently filed a time and attendance lawsuit against the club's parent company and owners, according to The Associated Press.
The former assistant to Lady Gaga recently sued the superstar's touring company for $380,000 in unpaid overtime.
An ongoing dispute related to overtime employee attendance compensation recently garnered a hefty back pay award, but the issue isn't resolved yet, according to the Arizona Republic.
A Mesquite, Texas, healthcare worker recently sued her employer over alleged violations of time and attendance laws, according to the Southeast Texas Record.
Virtual at-home call center Apple employees recently filed a class action time and attendance lawsuit against the company, alleging it deliberately misclassified them as independent contractors in order to save money.
The mayor of Cleveland is pushing for all of the city's fire stations to install a fingerprint time clock following an audit that uncovered extensive employee time theft, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Recently released time and attendance records revealed that 66 police officers employed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey have earned more than $200,000 so far this year, The Associated Press reports.
Louisville, Kentucky, officials will be reviewing time and attendance policies after revelations that 10 percent of city employees earned more than $15,000 in overtime this year.
The Albertville City Council in Alabama recently approved a measure pertaining to the recording of overtime employee attendance, according to the Sand Mountain Reporter.
West Virginia's Charleston Fire Department is facing overtime cuts under a plan recently passed by the city council, according to the Charleston Daily Mail.
The former assistant to Motley Crue's Tommy Lee recently filed suit against the rocker for making improper wage deductions and failing to adequately compensate him for overtime employee attendance.
A payroll clerk will receive more than $822,000 in front pay after a judge ruled she was unfairly fired, the Decatur Daily reports.
A time and attendance lawsuit seeking overtime back pay from a vegan raw foods restaurant chain is partially responsible for the chain's decision to close all eight of its Northern California locations.
Morgan Keegan & Company and its parent company, Regions Financial Corporation, were recently named in a time and attendance lawsuit by a former administrative assistant.
The time and attendance policies of the Cleveland, Ohio, fire department were recently called into question after an administrative audit uncovered numerous shortcomings, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The highest-paid employee in Maricopa County, Arizona, took home nearly double his salary in overtime last year, according to an investigation by the Arizona Republic.
In an effort to bring visibility to the issue of wage theft, workers' rights groups in Texas have declared a Week of Action, according to the Public News Service.
Oracle recently agreed to a $35 million settlement of a class action time and attendance lawsuit involving more than 1,700 of its California workers.
A nurse recently filed a lawsuit claiming she was terminated by her former employer after pointing out racial discrimination in time and attendance policies, the Southeast Texas Record reports.
Pension-padding at a New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority unit inflated overtime employee attendance compensation by nearly $1 million, according to a recently released audit.
A recent audit found that the Dallas, Texas, fire department could have saved millions in overtime employee attendance payouts by hiring additional staff, the Dallas Morning News reports.
The U.S. Department of Labor recently launched an investigation into the time and attendance policies of the Erie County, New York, Bureau of Police, the Erie Times-News reports.
In an effort to cut costs, the Charleston, West Virginia, city council will be considering a proposal to overhaul its time and attendance policies, the Charleston Gazette reports.
A former oilfield services company technician has filed suit against his ex-employer, claiming he was fired for complaining about time and attendance violations, the Southeast Texas Record reports.
The California Supreme Court is set to rule on a class action time and attendance lawsuit involving employees' meal and break allowances, the Mercury News reports.
The Los Angeles City Council recently approved a $3.2 million settlement with an L.A. Police Department officer regarding his involvement in a time and attendance lawsuit, according to the Los Angeles Daily News.
An Italian restaurant in the New York City borough of Queens was recently sued over alleged time and attendance violations by eight former employees, according to the Times Ledger.
According to a recent BNA survey, employers' approaches to holiday time and attendance have become less generous for the second year in a row.
The Texoma, Texas, Council of Governments has been accused of intentionally misclassifying a worker in order to avoid compensating her for overtime employee attendance, according to the Southeast Texas Record.
Atlas Incorporated, which operates two La Campina Mexican Grill locations in Tennessee, recently agreed to pay nearly $40,000 in overtime employee attendance back wages following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Personnel cuts at Miami University, Ohio, have led to an increase in overtime employee attendance payouts, according to the Middletown Journal.
For years, Wisconsin prison guards who worked the next shift after calling in sick received regular pay for one shift and time-and-a-half for the other.
A former employee of Lewisville, Texas-based Viva Railings recently sued the architectural and hardware company for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act, according to the Southeast Texas Record.
Georgia-based restaurant chain Huddle House recently agreed to pay more than $60,000 in back wages to 128 employees following a Department of Labor investigation that uncovered widespread noncompliance of Fair Labor Standards Act provisions.
Last year, Toronto, Ontario's auditor general questioned the city's time and attendance expenditures after it was found that 34 workers earned more than half of their base salary in overtime, according to the Toronto Sun.
City officials in Rochester, New York, are considering charging businesses in the town's Upper East End district for weekend police patrols, the Democrat and Chronicle reports.
Assembly Bill 592 and Senate Bill 299, which are set to go into effect in 2012, make a number of additions and amendments to the California Labor Code.
A Lindale, Texas-based freight shipping and trucking company was recently sued for time and attendance violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act, according to the Southeast Texas Record.
Earlier this month, the overtime employee attendance earned by the police chief of Elmwood Park, New Jersey, was called into question, according to the North Jersey Record.
Last month, employee attendance policies in the city of Paterson, New Jersey, were called into question after four officials received overtime checks.
Singapore-based electronic manufacturing services company Flextronics Corporation is being sued by a Providence, Rhode Island, attorney for allegedly withholding overtime employee attendance pay for three workers.
More than 750 current and former employees of fast food restaurant chain Arby's are set to receive nearly $57,000 in back wages following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor, according to The Associated Press.
Jacobi Medical Center in the New York City borough of the Bronx recently came under fire after records revealed that several members of its janitorial staff took home an excessive amount of overtime employee attendance compensation.
The police chief of Elmwood Park, New Jersey, is being investigated for possible time and attendance compensation violations after it was revealed that he took home more than $21,000 in overtime pay this year.
A dispute has erupted between a union representing 34 Muslims working at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and their employer, Hertz, regarding whether they have to clock out in order to pray during the work day.
The Police Benevolent Association recently filed a time and attendance lawsuit against the Southern New York village of Monticello.
A class action suit involving 200 AT&T front-line managers in Connecticut is scheduled to go to trial later this month, according to the Hartford Courant.
An electrician from LaFourche Parish, Louisiana, recently filed a lawsuit against his employer for alleged violations of the time and attendance provisions set by the Fair Labor Standards Act, according to the Louisiana Record.
The U.S. Department of Labor recently recovered $22,000 in back wages and damages for 26 janitors employed by Knights Facilities Management at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Buffalo, New York.
Seattle-based Baristas Coffee Company is being sued by the U.S. Department of Labor over its time and attendance compensation practices, which allegedly violate federal laws.
According to a recent investigation by the Dayton Daily News, 16 police officers employed by Ohio State University made more than $100,000 in overtime last year.
A total of 73 current and former police officers recently filed a class action time and attendance lawsuit against the city of Richmond, Virginia, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
A loan processor for East Texas-based Bank of the West and GSB Mortgage recently filed a class action lawsuit against the company for inaccurately calculating her overtime employee attendance rate.
The Pasco County Housing Authority in Florida is facing a lawsuit related to its time and attendance policies, according to the St. Petersburg Times.
In an effort to comply with its tight budget for the next fiscal year, the police department of Lubbock, Texas, is cutting the time and attendance requirements for patrols tasked with enforcing speeding and drunken driving laws.
Citizens of Hollywood, Florida, recently took to the polls to vote on a variety of measures intended to reduce the city's $38 million budget gap, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Last month, four sheriff detectives from Bedford County, Tennessee, filed a lawsuit claiming they had not been paid overtime or compensatory time off in two years and were forced to work off the timeclock.
A former sales representative employed by discount website Groupon recently filed a class action lawsuit against the company, alleging that she and nearly 1,000 of her colleagues were not paid overtime.
The costs associated with a lawsuit over time and attendance pay can sink a small business. Despite this, violations of the wage and hour provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act are common among startups.
An emergency medical technician employed by the Kansas City, Missouri, fire department recently filed a class action lawsuit against the city alleging that its policies for calculating overtime violated provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Sergeant Shawn Helbig of the Bowling Green, Kentucky, police department is suing the city for two hours of overtime compensation that he received at a normal pay rate, according to the Bowling Green Daily News.
Missouri-based discount supermarket chain Save-A-Lot recently came under fire for its overtime policy, which involved lowering the hourly rate of pay for each hour worked that exceeded 40 hours per week, according to the Fairfield County Weekly.
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.
Last year, an engineer for New York's Long Island Rail Road earned more than triple his base salary as a result of overtime and other perks, according to recent payroll analysis by the New York Daily News.
The city of Kingston, located in New York's Hudson Valley region, recently approved measures to tighten authorization and recording regulations related to police overtime in the wake of a double-dipping scandal, according to the Times-Herald Record.
Northeastern Pennsylvania's Luzerne County may have an upgraded timeclock and payroll system in place by August, according to the Hazleton Standard Speaker.
The Kaiser Permanente Center Health Research was recognized by the American Psychological Association as a "Psychologically Healthy Workplace,
Texting and social media applications can easily divert an employee's attention. In response, employers should fight back with a company cell phone policy, Steven I. Alder, an employment lawyer in Bergen County, New Jersey, wrote for the Bergen Record.
Social media is becoming a permanent fixture in the workplace, whether employers like it or not. Therefore, to clear any confusion regarding its use, companies should create an employee policy
Three Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials, including one supervisor, were sentenced after they were found guilty of running an employee attendance scam, according to the Jersey Journal.
Despite wavering employment numbers, work productivity in the United States climbed 2.3 percent at an annual rate during the third quarter of 2010, according to data from the U.S. Department of Labor.
In a move to incentivize employee attendance, United Continental Holdings introduced a new program that will reward employees who have perfect time and attendance.
Target recently announced the decision to employ social workers who will twice a week service employees at the retail giant's Compton, California, location.
As the use of social media continues to rise among individuals, so too does it for employers who are increasingly using the sites for employee tracking.
Three police officers and one former officer all pled not guilty to charges that included time theft relating to negligent absenteeism from their beats, the Phoenix New Times reports.
Employee compensation is a leading expenditure for many small businesses, but one that is also prone to miscalculations.
Employers invest valuable resources in an employee, so the very least a company can expect is for that employee to maintain proper time and attendance.
Employee missed days not only come at the cost of his or her personal productivity, but also to the company as a whole.
Employers want their staff to produce at the highest level, but the increase in web-based work and mobile devices offer attractive distractions in the workplace. Time theft is not only wasteful, but can effect a company's bottom line as well.
