The US Department of Labor’s Final Rule increasing the minimum salary levels required to qualify for the overtime exemptions is null and void.
On November 15, 2024, a Texas federal district court set aside and vacated...more
11/20/2024
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On August 31, 2017, Judge Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas invalidated the long-enjoined Obama Administration revised overtime regulation. The same judge previously granted a temporary, nationwide injunction blocking...more
9/9/2017
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Late yesterday Judge Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas issued a temporary, nationwide injunction blocking implementation and enforcement of the Department of Labor’s (DOL) revised overtime regulations. The regulations,...more
11/23/2016
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As an important reminder, the Department of Labor (DOL) minimum salary levels for the white-collar exemptions increase effective December 1, 2016. ...more
11/16/2016
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