Overly motivated employees might not always be an asset to the company — especially if they’d kill to get ahead. Literally.

Take, for example, the Indian man who created a job opportunity for himself by murdering his own father.

The father was due to retire the next day, and the son believed that if his dad passed away while still employed, he could claim his father’s job. Retirement is overrated anyway, right?

Even more incestuous — the son hired a relative to do his dirty work. After all, you can only trust family. The price on his father’s head: $2,500.

We’ve heard of white collar crime, but the murder wasn’t even over a C-level position — the father had only held a low-ranking government job.

Ever seen someone who was a little too desperate to get a job? Share your stories in the comments section below.

Houston city officials are taking a slice out of their coffers to support an unpopular beard ban — and it’s got several officers crying discrimination.

Four Houston police officers have brought a lawsuit against the city because of a no-facial hair policy that was put in place in 1993. The city council has unanimously authorized spending up to $150K to support the ban (that’s a lot of beard-trimmers if you ask us). When asked why facial hair had to go, the city responded by claiming smooth faces make officers appear both conservative and professional.

The officers filed the lawsuit saying the ban discriminates against men who suffer from skin conditions that react to shaving. Irritation, rashes and ingrown hair are just a few of the problems the ban’s causing.

Officers are also complaining because they feel the ban negatively affects secondary jobs and earning potential. We’re not sure what positions would be adversely affected by being clean-shaven — unless the  officers are moonlighting as lumberjacks, Santa Claus or Father Time.

Companies of all sorts have to make accommodations for disabled employees and customers. Here’s a request we’ve never heard before.

A group of Santa Fe residents is taking the city to court over its WiFi Internet systems installed in public buildings.

The residents claim they’re “allergic” to the wireless signal and that the city’s violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by effectively limiting their access to those Internet-laced buildings.

Don’t get us wrong — ADA cases involving sensitivity to perfume, air fresheners and other chemicals have made it to court with varying results. But so far, no court has ever ruled on whether so-called “electro-sensitivity” can be considered a disability under the law.

Experts say it’s unlikely for companies to be sued over this issue, but stranger things have certainly happened. If electro-sensitivity ever gets legal protection, employers would be in big trouble, since many companies run their own WiFi networks.

Your company goes the extra mile to make sure its business expense paperwork is bulletproof. Someone ought to clue in IRS.

For as thorough as IRS can be with most business’ tax records, you’d think it’d have a rock-solid reimbursement policy in place. But according to the latest report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), it looks like IRS and other agencies couldn’t possibly have a worse program.

The review of over a dozen departments between 2005 and 2006 found that 41% of $14 billion in credit card purchases — whether they were legitimate or questionable — didn’t follow proper reimbursement procedure. And if that weren’t bad enough, for purchases that were over $2,500 — all of which are supposed to require several levels of authentication — 48% were improperly received.

We know what you’re thinking: That’s a whole mess of improper reimbursements. But it wasn’t just for employees milking gas receipts or upgrading to four-star hotels. Here’s a list of our favorite purchases that we can’t believe didn’t raise an eye or two a little sooner:

1. Army employees couldn’t properly account for 16 computer servers that totaled over $1.5 million. The servers were supposed to be both photographed and inventoried in the Army’s books, but GAO inspectors only found a picture of one of the servers.
2. Over a six-year period, a Department of Agriculture employee wrote 180 convenience checks to her live-in boyfriend. A whistleblower notified the GAO, and the cardholder was sentenced to 21 months in prison and must pay back $642,000.
3. A U.S. Postal worker charged $1,100 on his p-card to subscribe to pornographic and Internet dating sites. We know everyone deserves to find someone, but someone should’ve caught on sooner — the Internet charges were the only purchases made on the card for over a year.
4. Another Agriculture employee circumvented agency policy to purchase a brand-new Toyota Land Cruiser. He split the $80,000 purchase up by writing three convenience checks. Adding insult to injury: The convenience checks added up to an additional $1,000 in fees.
5. One NASA cardholder purchased two 60GB iPods at the request of his supervisor. The $800 might seem like small change compared to other purchases, but you can’t top the supervisor’s logic: The iPods were purchased to store only “official NASA information.” When GAO officials confiscated the devices, they were chock-full of personal photos, songs, videos — and engraved with the supervisor’s name and NASA logo.
6. A State Department cardholder purchased $360 worth of women’s lingerie at “Seduccion Boutique.” When asked to justify her purchases, the cardholder claimed the “gear” was used for jungle training during a drug enforcement program in Ecuador. Makes sense to us — as long as it was camoflauge print.

What’s the most absurd purchase you’ve ever seen, whether on a company card or T&E reimbursement form? Let us know in the comments section below.

Everyone’s guilty of a time-waster at work now and then. Odds are good they don’t cost this much.

An Australian trial of two men on drug conspiracy charges was aborted after nearly three months and is on hold until a new jury can be called.

The reason for the wasted time and $947,000 in taxpayers’ money: Five of the jurors admitted to playing Sudoku, the number sequence game, instead of paying attention to testimony.

It was assumed the jurors had been taking very detailed notes, but the trial’s judge caught on when he saw some people were taking notes vertically, not horizontally.

One juror claimed the puzzle helped to keep his mind sharp: “Some of the evidence is rather drawn out and I find it difficult to maintain my attention the whole time.”

Next time you catch an employee or co-worker in the middle of a game of solitaire, remember that they’re just honing their skills before the next check run.

Have you ever read a resume so riddled with typos, errors and inappropriate content that you wonder how the candidate made it through the fifth grade?

Below are our seven favorite resume bloopers found on JobMob:

1. “Hobbies: enjoy cooking Chinese and Italians.” (We hear Italians have a lot of protein.)
2. “Achievements: Nominated for prom queen.” (Shucks, we’re only hiring reigning prom queens.)
3. “Instrumental in ruining entire operation for a Midwest chain store.” (We’d love for you to jump in and start messing things up for us right away.)
4. “Qualifications: Twin sister has accounting degree.” (Do you communicate with her telepathically?)
5. “Skills: I can type without looking at thekeyboard.” (Socanwe.)
6. “Experienced in all faucets of accounting.” (Great, could you check the leaky sink in the third floor bathroom?)
7. “Education: I have a bachelorette’s degree in accounting.” (Does your degree expire upon marriage?)

What’s the most outrageous mistake you’ve ever read on a Finance applicant’s resume? Dish it out in the comments section below.

Need a roomy, distinguished location to help expand your company? Look no further.

The Somerset County Jail in Skowhegan, ME is currently on sale for a paltry $200,000. After a new 200-bed lockup opens in nearby Madison, the town will have little use for the old, 14,000-square foot facility.

Don’t let the fact that it’s an old jail turn your business away, say local real estate agents and county commissioners. The property could be used for an art gallery, a restaurant, gift shop, or even a bus station.

If your Finance department’s into tight security, there’s nary a safer place to be — even if a criminal were to make off with sensitive records, they’d never be able to clear the razor-wire fencing. (Yes, it’s still up.)

Are your employees into benefits? The facility comes with an atmospheric exercise area. And instead of cubicles, people can stretch out in their very own “private offices.”

You know it’s a bad sign when an employee would rather bury funds in a local park than keep it in the company coffers.

Aleksander Spasic, a Serbian bank clerk, was recently picked up by local police at a cafe for stealing nearly 1.5 million euros from his job.

That’s about as clear as things get. Spasic left the branch office on Saturday afternoon with his briefcase stuffed with the cash. He left a note for his boss which read: “I am sorry, but I had to do it.”

He then proceeded to bury the stolen money in six holes in a nearby park. Most criminals would start a shopping spree or flee the country, but things work a little differenly in Serbia. Spasic waited at a cafe, phoned the police and asked: “How long do I have to wait for you?”

Serbian police are still questioning Spasic, and claim his motives still aren’t clear.

Why would someone go through all that trouble to put money in a park? We’re betting he wanted the paper notes to be at home with the trees. It’s crazy enough to make sense.

Keeping records and company goods protected is one thing. But this owner took things a step too far.

Joseph Lord had $3,000 worth of scrap metal stolen from his machine shop. For some unexplained reason, he expected them to return and kept his loaded shot gun close at hand.

His wait paid off because the thieves returned a few days later, in broad daylight.

He probably did more damage to their 2008 F-250 pickup then what they stole from him. He shot out their tires, windshield and radiator — making their escape vehicle unusable.

With no vehicle, the thieves resorted to fleeing the crime on foot, but officers quickly tracked them down.

Lord told police he accomplished what he wanted: to disable the get-away vehicle. The officers weren’t too keen on his use of a weapon, even though they understood Lord’s frustration. They just don’t want anybody getting hurt over property.

The owner of the truck is charged with breaking and entering and theft, while his accomplice still has charges pending.

Carpooling isn’t the only way to get to work on time.

After implementation of new transit regs that require drivers to have at least three passengers to qualify for the carpool lane, New Zealanders have been scheming to trick the system.

Traffic cameras monitor passing vehicles, and anyone caught in the carpool lane without the required number of people gets slapped with a $114 fine.

That hasn’t stopped commuters from trying to pull a fast one. Among the list of fake vehicle occupants: blow-up dolls, shop mannequins and dogs dressed up as children.

Local college students are turning the problem into a business opportunity — they’re charging a small fee to get driven past traffic cameras and enforcement officers, and then they run back up the road to repeat the trick for other needy vehicles.

They’ve got to earn their beer money somehow, right?