Texas court nullifies Obama overtime rule

Published August 31, 2017 9:03pm ET



A Texas court formally nullified the Obama administration’s expansion of the federal overtime rule, saying the previous administration overreached when it expanded the number of people covered by the rule. The same court had prevented the rule from going into effect last year.

In Thursday’s ruling, District Court Judge Amos Mazzant in Plano, Texas, ruled that the Department of Labor lacked the authority to set a salary threshold so high that it would “effectively eliminate” other requirements for when a person is eligible for overtime, such as what duties they perform.

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