TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 1, 2024

A federal judge in Texas on Friday temporarily blocked a Biden administration rule that would extend mandatory overtime pay to millions of salaried workers. U.S. District Judge Sean Jordan said the rule improperly bases eligibility for overtime pay on workers' wages rather than their job duties. The decision prohibits the U.S. Department of Labor from applying the rule to state workers in Texas pending the outcome of a wider legal challenge by the state. According to Reuters, Texas is seeking to strike the rule down nationwide. In the meantime, the Nashville Business Journal looks at the impact of the new rule on the rest of the country.