FLSA Overtime Rule Suspended

By |2016-11-29T10:38:57-06:00November 29th, 2016|News Archives|

UPDATE: As you probably know, the final Fair Labor Standards Act's (FLSA's) overtime rule was set to go into effect Thursday, December 1. A federal judge in Texas put the brakes on the Department of Labor's (DOL's) new federal overtime rule, which would have doubled the FLSA's salary threshold for the "White Collar" exemptions from overtime pay and would have automatically adjusted the threshold every three years beginning in 2020. While the ultimate impact of this decision is unknown, the court's decision on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 was welcome news for many employers who have been struggling with the impacts