A federal judge in Texas has issued a ruling blocking a new rule from the Biden administration that aimed to expand access to overtime pay for millions of salaried workers in the United States. The ruling, made by U.S. District Judge Sean Jordan, came in response to a challenge brought by the state of Texas and a group of business organizations.
The rule, finalized earlier this year by the Labor Department, sought to significantly increase federal overtime eligibility for salaried workers. Under the now-blocked rule, salaried workers in certain executive, administrative, and professional roles making less than $43,888 a year would have been entitled to overtime pay starting July 1, with the threshold set to rise to $58,656 next year.
