Compliance Stuff

  On November 15, 2024, a federal judge in Texas struck down the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) latest attempt to raise the minimum salary thresholds for the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) white-collar overtime exemption, finding that the rule exceeded the agency’s statutory authority. Quick Hits A federal judge in Texas struck down the DOL’s April 2024 overtime rule that sought to raise the minimum salary levels for the FLSA’s white-collar overtime exemption . The ruling comes in a challenge by the s tate of Texas and a group of more than a dozen business organizations. The DOL rule had raised the minimum salary level on July 1, 2024, to the equivalent of $43,888 per year, and it was set to increase to $58,656 per year on January 1, 2025. U.S. District Judge Sean Jordan for the Eastern District of Texas granted summary judgment in  Texas v. Department of Labor  to the state of Texas and a group of more than a dozen business organizations, striking down the DOL’s Apr...

A federal judge in Texas seemed skeptical that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) did not overreach with its latest rule that raised the minimum salary thresholds to the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) white-collar overtime exemptions during arguments in a challenge by the state of Texas and several business organizations seeking to block the rule nationwide. Quick Hits A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas held oral arguments on cross motions for summary judgment in a challenge to the DOL’s rule that raised the minimum salary to be exempt from the FLSA’s overtime pay requirements. The state of Texas and a group of business organizations are seeking to expand a preliminary injunction to block the DOL’s overtime rule on a nationwide basis. Among other things, the rule will increase the minimum salary to be exempt to the equivalent of an annual salary of $58,656 on January 1, 2025. On November 8, 2024, U.S. District Judge Sean Jordan for the East...