Describing the President Barack Obama's overtime rule, originally set to kick in on Thursday, as an "automatic updating mechanism ripe for review," an east Texas federal court judge recently blocked the rule's implementation, effectively granting businesses a reprieve from having to pay overtime to salaried workers.
In siding with 21 states and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Sherman, Texas, U.S. District Court Judge Amos Mazzant last week granted a nationwide injunction, effectively halting a Labor Department rule that would have raised the annual floor salary of overtime-eligible employees from $23,600 to $47,892.