Everything’s bigger in Texas, even the impact of the state’s legal challenge to federal overtime rules. On November 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas struck down the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Final Rule on Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees (the “Overtime Rule”). CAPLAW detailed changes resulting from the Overtime Rule and recent history surrounding it in a May 2024 article. As a result of the Texas ruling, the federal rules related to exemption from the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) revert to those in effect prior to July 1, 2024, including the salary level for the executive, administrative, and professional (EAP) employee exemption test, which reverts to $684/ week.
Final Changes to the FLSA Overtime Rule
On April 26, 2024, DOL published a Final Rule on Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees (the “Overtime Rule”). In this webinar, CAPLAW discussed the Overtime Rule, impacts the changes could...
