On October 30, 2017, apparently in the spirit of Halloween, the Department of Labor gave life to the Obama-era Overtime Rule we previously reported was virtually dead. The DOL appealed the Texas federal judge’s decision to strike down the Rule. In a short press release, however, the DOL made it clear that it would
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Federal Judge Strikes Down Obama-era DOL Overtime Rule
By Nick Zaino & Alan H. Bowie, Jr. on
Posted in Labor & Employment
On August 31, 2017, a Texas federal judge struck down the Obama administration’s controversial DOL Overtime Rule. The judge concluded that the DOL “exceeded its authority and had gone too far with the final rule.”
Background
In March 2014, then President Obama sent a memorandum directing the Secretary of Labor to “modernize” and “streamline” the…