A federal judge in Texas struck down an Obama administration rule that would have extended mandatory overtime pay to more than 4 million U.S. workers, siding with business groups and 21 states that had challenged it. The decision came after the same judge last year blocked the rule from taking effect pending his final decision.
The rule would have doubled to about $47,000 the maximum salary a worker could earn and still be automatically eligible for overtime pay. U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant in Sherman, Texas, said the salary level was set so high that it could sweep in some management workers who are supposed to be exempt from overtime protections.
The ruling drew immediate praise from business groups.
Before last year, federal overtime pay regulations had not been changed since 2004, when the salary level was set at $23,660. Workers’ rights groups and many Democrats said that threshold unfairly excluded many workers who do not perform any management duties.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-overtime/u-s-judge-strikes-down-obama-administration-overtime-pay-rule-idUSKCN1BB2Y8
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