Federal Judge Invalidates Obama-Era Department of Labor Overtime Rule
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On August 31, 2017, a federal district court judge in Texas struck down the Department of Labor’s Obama-era controversial 2016 rule that raised the minimum salary threshold required to qualify for the Fair Labor Standards Act’s “white collar” exemption. Under the proposed regulations, the minimum salary threshold was raised to just over $47,000 per year, and increased the overtime eligibility threshold for highly compensated workers from $100,000 to about $134,000.
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- Katherine P. Deegan
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- Elizabeth England
- Juan C. Enjamio
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- Ryan A. Glasgow
- Kevin Hahm
- Eileen Henderson
- Kirk A. Hornbeck
- J. Marshall Horton
- Roland M. Juarez
- Keenan Judge
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- Elizabeth King
- Stephen P. Kopstein
- Leslie W. Kostyshak
- James J. La Rocca
- Kurt G. Larkin
- Jordan Latham
- Tyler S. Laughinghouse
- Shane A. Le Master
- Michael S. Levine
- Michelle S. Lewis
- Lorelie S. Masters
- Michelle Meyer
- Reilly C. Moore
- Michael J. Mueller
- J. Drei Munar
- Alyce Ogunsola
- Andrea Oguntula
- Michael A. Pearlson
- Adriana A. Perez
- Robert T. Quackenboss
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- Michael Reed
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- Adam J. Rosser
- Cary D. Steklof
- Mary Stoney
- C. Randolph Sullivan
- Veronica A. Torrejón
- Emily Burkhardt Vicente
- Sanjee Weliwitigoda
- Kevin J. White
- Holly H. Williamson
- Susan F. Wiltsie