{"id":7290,"date":"2024-10-29T13:57:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T13:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/us\/?post_type=resources&#038;p=7290"},"modified":"2026-02-05T04:10:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T09:10:28","slug":"dol-overtime-rule-struck-down","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/us\/resources\/hr-compliance\/employment-law-updates\/dol-overtime-rule-struck-down\/","title":{"rendered":"DOL overtime rule struck down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-primary-white-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b5fc8583 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:25px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7fc3d43a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8e1436f2 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">\n<p class=\"\">by <strong>Michael Cardman<\/strong>, Senior Legal Editor at Brightmine<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">A federal district court has struck down the U.S. Department of Labor&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2024\/04\/26\/2024-08038\/defining-and-delimiting-the-exemptions-for-executive-administrative-professional-outside-sales-and\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 overtime rule<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">All three key components of the 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/us\/resources\/hr-news\/new-overtime-rule-2024-minimum-overtime-exemption\/\">overtime rule<\/a> are now blocked:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-brightmine-list-item-spacing-small\">\n<li class=\"\">The increase in the minimum weekly salary for most overtime-exempt employees to $844 that took effect July 1, 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">The increase in the minimum weekly salary for most overtime-exempt employees to $1,128 that was supposed to take effect January 1, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">The automatic inflation adjustments that were supposed to take effect starting July 1, 2027, and every three years thereafter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The minimum salary now returns to $684 \u2014 as it was before the rule took effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The DOL may ask the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals for an expedited appeal. 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