New Update on Litigation Challenging the DOL's 2024 Salary Rule
Executive Summary: On July 1, 2024, the federal court for the Northern District of Texas issued a decision in Flint Avenue, LLC v. U.S. Department of Labor, denying the plaintiff employer’s request for a nationwide preliminary injunction, finding that the small employer, who had only one employee who would potentially be affected by the DOL’s July 1, 2024 salary increase, did not show irreparable harm. Meanwhile, in the newly consolidated case of State of Texas, Plano Chamber of Commerce, et al. v. U.S. Department of Labor, pending in the Eastern District of Texas, no additional plaintiffs have filed a motion seeking a nationwide preliminary injunction. On June 28, 2024, Eastern District of Texas Judge Sean D. Jordan enjoined the DOL’s 2024 Salary Rule on Texas’s motion for preliminary injunction, but stopped short of issuing a nationwide injunction that would also apply to private employers. Judge Jordan enjoined the 2024 Salary Rule only with respect to public employees ...