July 01, 2024
A Texas federal judge refused Monday to grant a marketing company's request to block a U.S. Department of Labor rule that raises the salary thresholds for claiming overtime-exemption under federal law, saying the firm failed to show it will be harmed by the new standards.
June 27, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor told a Texas federal court it included a minimum salary aspect in executive, administrative or professional rules since the Fair Labor Standards Act's inception, arguing a marketing firm doesn't have the basis to halt a final overtime rule.
June 20, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor urged a Texas federal court to expedite a targeted request for discovery in a suit seeking to stop a new overtime rule from going into effect, saying that the information is necessary to tackle the injunction bid.
June 14, 2024
A U.S. Department of Labor rule that the agency says would extend overtime protections to an estimated 4.3 million workers in its first year faces opposition in the courts and in Congress that could topple the recently finalized regulations. Here, Law360 reviews five threats to the Biden administration's overtime rule.
June 04, 2024
A small Texas marketing company said the U.S. Department of Labor's final rule raising the salary thresholds to consider employees overtime-exempt under federal law unlawfully disregards long-standing requirements, urging a federal court to put it aside.