Judge blocks Obama rule extending overtime pay to 4.2 million US workers
Excerpt from Transport Topics article: A federal judge on Nov. 22 blocked an Obama administration rule to extend mandatory overtime pay to more than 4 million workers from taking effect, imperiling one of the outgoing president’s signature achievements for boosting wages. U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant in Sherman, Texas, agreed with 21 states and a…
Excerpt from Transport Topics article:
A federal judge on Nov. 22 blocked an Obama administration rule to extend mandatory overtime pay to more than 4 million workers from taking effect, imperiling one of the outgoing president’s signature achievements for boosting wages.
U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant in Sherman, Texas, agreed with 21 states and a coalition of business groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that the rule, which was set to take effect Dec. 1, is unlawful.
The rule would have doubled to $47,476 the maximum salary a worker can earn and still be eligible for mandatory overtime pay. American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear said the association was pleased with the judge’s decision, saying it “set an arbitrarily high salary threshold for employees covered by the ‘white collar’ exemption to the overtime requirements of federal law.”