Just before Thanksgiving, a federal judge dealt a potentially fatal blow to the new overtime rule that employers have been preparing months for. Judge Amos Mazzant decided that the Department of Labor did not have the authority to implement the rule that it had set to go into effect on December 1. Specifically, Judge Mazzant…
For the first time in 12 years, the federal government is updating the rules on overtime pay. The new rule, which was announced earlier this year by the Department of Labor and will go into effect on December 1. The new rule more than doubles the minimum salary that businesses must pay employees in order…
A flurry of bills to delay or phase in the final overtime rule gained steam before Congress adjourned late September until after the presidential election.