Employers and workers may not realize it, but they just dodged a bullet.

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NH's Business: Rule to increase threshold for overtime pay struck down

Employers and workers may not realize it, but they just dodged a bullet. They can thank a federal judge in Texas who just tossed out a Biden administration rule that tried to increase the salary threshold for overtime pay by 65%, from $35,568 to $58,656 per year (a range that includes about 12 million workers). That new threshold would have exceeded the earnings of more than 70% of workers in lower-cost states like Arkansas, Mississippi, South D…

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Greszler: Bullet dodged as federal judge nixes OT rule

James Reidy sits down with Fred Kocher to discuss how a judge's decision to strike down a rule to increase minimum salary for overtime exempt workers is affecting employees and employers in New Hampshire and across the U.S.

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On November 15, 2024, a United States Eastern District Court in Texas struck down a 2024 Department of Labor (DOL) rule that would have made four million previously exempt workers eligible for overtime by 2025. In an action brought by the State of Texas and a coalition of business associations, the court held that the DOL exceeded its statutory authority under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) by effectively reclassifying these employe…

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Texas District Court vacates DOL rule expanding overtime eligibility

What happened: A Texas federal court Nov. 15 struck down the Department of Labor’s (DOL) new overtime rule, which raised the minimum salary threshold needed for employees to be exempt from overtime pay and introduced automatic updates every three years. The court said the rule emphasized salary over job duties and violated regulatory procedural requirements. The thresholds now revert to the 2020 levels, including for highly compensated employees…

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Federal judge invalidates overtime rule that threatened millions of workers and employers

On November 15, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor’s 2024 Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) Salary Basis Rule (“2024 Rule”) was vacated by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The 2024 Rule, which was finalized by the DOL back in April and became effective on July 1, 2024, raised the salary level to qualify for exempt from overtime status for executive, administrative, and professional employees under the FLSA to $…

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DOL’s 2024 FLSA Overtime Rule Blocked by Texas Federal Court | Bean, Kinney & Korman

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Federal judge invalidates overtime rule that threatened millions of workers and employers

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