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   Millions of Americans who would have become eligible for overtime pay   
   at the start of 2025 are now unable to receive that benefit, after a   
   judge in Texas has blocked a federal exemption rule.   
      
   Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) under President   
   Biden set a rule to raise the minimum annual salary threshold that   
   makes an employee exempt, and therefore ineligible for overtime, to   
   $58,656. The threshold was recently set at $43,888, which was enacted   
   in July and was up from a 2019 Trump-era threshold of $35,568.   
      
   But the increases received pushback from the state of Texas and several   
   businesspeople. The entities filed multiple lawsuits challenging the   
   DOL rule, and U.S. District Judge Sean Jordan for the Eastern District   
   of Texas wrote in his judgment Friday—as provided by Bloomberg—that the   
   DOL "exceeded the authority delegated by Congress" in issuing the rule   
   in July. Instead, Jordan wrote, the rules should be based on workers'   
   job duties rather than their salary.   
      
   Jordan, a University of Texas graduate who was appointed to the bench   
   by President Trump in 2019, has set the minimum threshold for exemption   
   back to the 2019 level of $35,568. The DOL did not immediately offer a   
   statement.   
      
   When announcing the new rules in April, the DOL said it "conducted   
   extensive engagement" with employees, employers and unions, among   
   others, in coming up with the new thresholds   
      
   "This rule will restore the promise to workers that if you work more   
   than 40 hours in a week, you should be paid more for that time," said   
   Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su in a press release. "Too often,   
   lower-paid salaried workers are doing the same job as their hourly   
   counterparts but are spending more time away from their families for no   
   additional pay. That is unacceptable. The Biden-Harris administration   
   is following through on our promise to raise the bar for workers who   
   help lay the foundation for our economic prosperity."   
      
   Ruling aside, it was widely believed that Trump, who will once again   
   assume the office of the president in January, would have repealed at   
   least some of the Biden administration's work.   
      
   https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/overtime-exempt-trump-   
   court-judge-19921818.php   
      
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