No Musak, no recorded message, just the swift pen of Judge Amos Massant who put the Overtime Final Rules ON HOLD. Judge Massant of the US District Court, Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division, granted an Emergency Motion for a Preliminary Injunction and thereby enjoined the Department of Labor from implementing and enforcing the Overtime Final Rule on December 1, 2016.
If you have already communicated changes to your employees, we recommend you go ahead and make the changes. This will eliminate confusion and you will be one step ahead, when, and if, a version the Overtime Final Rule is implemented.
If you have not communicated changes to your employees, we recommend you prepare to make changes. The Department of Labor website states, “The Department’s Final Rule is the result of a comprehensive, inclusive rule-making process, and we remain confident in the legality of all aspects of the rule. We are currently considering all of our legal options.”
In a nutshell, the Final Overtime Rule raised the salary threshold from $455 per week to $913, ensuring that employees paid below the new threshold of $913 per week will be paid overtime for work over 40 hours. The final rule also automatically raises the salary threshold every three years. Take a few minutes to read more about the Final Overtime Rule on our blog. Since it has been put on hold, you’ve got time…
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