BREAKING NEWS: Nationwide Injunction Issued on OT Regs by Texas Judge
In Brief:
- A Federal judge in
Texas granted a nationwide injunction blocking
the Department of Labor’s new overtime rule from going into effect as scheduled
on December 1, 2016
- The drastic
increase to the salary-level threshold unlawfully circumvented Congressional
intent and created a “de factor salary-only test” for overtime eligibility
-
Judge Mazzant’s
decision completes a trifecta of rulings in Texas federal courts in the past 30
days blocking the implementation of controversial labor rules issued by the
Obama administration (earlier rulings enjoined the Persuader and Fair Pay and
Safe Workplaces (“blacklisting”) regulations)