Posted on 11/23/2016 7:57:36 AM PST by Cheerio
Time’s running out on the Obama administration and its ability to extend its regulatory adventurism, an end emphasized by a federal judge in Texas yesterday — or at least a pause. Twenty-one states sued the Department of Labor over new rules that would have extended overtime pay to around four million salaried Americans, and Judge Amos Mazzant issued a temporary injunction to keep it from being enforced as planned on December 1st: (video at link)
A Texas judge ruled Tuesday to put the brakes on federal rules that would have expanded overtime pay to more than 4 million workers.
A rule from the Department of Labor that was supposed to take effect next week would have made overtime pay available to full-time salaried employees earning up to $47,476 a year, more than doubling the current threshold of $23,660 a year. …
When the Labor Department finalized the overtime rule in May, consumer advocates and union groups hailed the move as a major victory for low- to middle- income workers. Before the latest action, the regulation had not been updated in more than a decade. Supporters of the rule said many workers who put in 50 to 60 hours a week may end up earning less than minimum wage after all of their hours are factored in. The expectation was that the long-awaited rule, which was requested by President Obama in 2014, would boost paychecks for some workers putting in extra hours.
Excellent!!
The upside: Another Obama pen-and-phone reg has been halted by a Federal judge.
The downside: Federal judges also can (and likely will) halt Trump’s changes on a regular basis.
My wife got a salary increase just last week in the companies anticipation of this being passed.
Frickin Barry is a real piece of work.
Though I must say, at the end of the day I would not be shocked if Trump decides to support this policy.
Build his bona-fides with all of the blue-collar types in Michigan and Wisconsin, etc.
The retail industry in particular used to exploit salaried exempt status, bigtime!
More than likely, Trump will not use Executive Orders to bypass Congress. Live by the pen, die by the pen.
He has voiced his opposition to the policy saying it will hurt business and hiring. He would have to do a 180 to now support it.
This rule only affects Texas, does it not?
That is alright, that is why we are going to take the SC back and they will uphold Trump.
Rules for business written by someone who has never had a real job............Breathing easier for the wrong reasons and strategizing how to make up for the personnel shifts that always happens when one or a few get raises due to govt mandates.
Rendering unto Caesar can grind you down.
These are OUR people. Putting in extra hours to get ahead. Obama wants them and we may not get them back. The freedom to quit a job is not freedom.
What exactly did the judge say? Anyone have a URL?
At least your wife got a raise out of it. Hope her employer can afford to keep her!
I was wondering the same thing. I read three articles and I don't see any mention of a limitation to Texas or to the district this court is in.
This article says nationwide:
http://www.natlawreview.com/article/texas-federal-court-blocks-dol-overtime-rule
I just got done informing my clients two weeks ago hoping this would go away. Looks like I should have procrastinated a bit longer.
Trump effect?
Is the employer now going to want to take his wife’s raise back?
This essentially turns into the Obamacare Conundrum. When the result is that you have to start taking things away from people it becomes a political third-rail.
True.
Mine, too, with the proviso that it would be reversed if the law was overturned. She made just below the threshold, so the school she works for gave her a raise so as not to make her an hourly employee. They couldn't have afforded the many hours of "overtime" she put in, so as an hourly employee she would just be forced to perform at a lower quality level, and leave on the floor all the extras she does to help her colleagues (or else the school would be prosecuted under the labor laws).
Now she gets to do the job the way she sees fit and not punch a time clock. She's happier that way, and the school benefits, too.
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