Department of Labor’s New Overtime Rule – Delay and Future of New Salary Threshold
The implementation of the Department of Labor’s new overtime rule, which would have increased the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) salary threshold for exemption from overtime pay from $23,660 to $47,476, was delayed by a preliminary injunction issued by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on November 22, 2016. The injunction’s immediate effect was preventing the new rule from going into effect as planned on December 1…
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