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Home»For Buyers»Retail News»Federal Judge Blocks Department of Labor’s Overtime Rule
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Federal Judge Blocks Department of Labor’s Overtime Rule

PublisherBy PublisherNovember 23, 2016Updated:January 26, 20232 Mins Read
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Earlier this year, the Obama administration and Department of Labor passed a groundbreaking update to the national overtime rule. The new regulation, scheduled to take effect on December 1st would raise the salary threshold for overtime pay from $23,660 to $47,476. In other words, all employees, with a few exceptions, who are salaried under $47,476 would be automatically qualified for overtime pay starting December 1st.

However, yesterday, November 22nd, federal judge Amos L. Mazzant III of the Eastern District of Texas ruled that the Obama administration exceeded their authority by raising the overtime salary threshold so drastically. Dena Sokolow, labor and employment shareholder of the law firm Baker Donelson, who reported on the new regulations earlier this year, tells Independent Retailer:

“Employers finally have their reprieve. A federal court in the Eastern District of Texas granted a nationwide injunction blocking the enforcement of the FLSA overtime rule. Employers are no longer required to meet the December 1 deadline. The lawsuit, filed by 21 states and a variety of employer groups, argued that the Department of Labor (DOL) exceeded its authority when it nearly doubled the salary level required for overtime exemption from $23,660 ($455/week) to $47,476 ($913/week). In a stunning 20-page order, Obama-appointee Judge Amos L. Mazzant III agreed. The court held that the states were able to effectively show ‘irreparable harm’ if the rule went into effect and that the DOL exceeded its authority when it raised the salary threshold. Specifically, the court held that the DOL’s increase of the salary threshold was unlawful under the plain language of the FLSA: ‘Congress did not intend salary to categorically exclude an employee with [exempt] duties from the exemption.’ The court held that while the DOL had authority to define the duties performed by employees under the executive, administrative and professional exemptions, it did not have authority to raise the minimum salary level ‘such that it supplants the duties test.’ No doubt this decision will be appealed to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, but for now, the overtime rule will not go into effect.”

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