BREAKING NEWS: The DOL will appeal the Overtime Rule Injunction

The Department of Labor announced Thursday (12/1/16) that it will appeal a federal judge’s preliminary injunction that halted the implementation of the new Fair Labor Standard Act’s overtime rule changes. The appeal was brought by Labor Secretary Thomas Perez, Wage & Hour Administrator David Weil, Assistant Administrator Mary Zeigler and the Department of Labor. Federal […]

Federal Judge Halts Overtime Rule

Just 10 days before the implementation date, a federal judge in Texas put the brakes on the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) new federal overtime rule, which would have doubled the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA’s) salary threshold for exemption from overtime pay. Twenty-one states filed an emergency motion for a preliminary injunction in October to halt […]