Texas Federal Judge Strikes Down DOL’s New Overtime Rule
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...