On Aug. 31, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas granted a motion for summary judgment against the U.S. Department of Labor鈥檚 (DOL) burdensome and costly overtime rule and converted his earlier (issued Nov. 22, 2016) to a permanent injunction.
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老牛影视participated in the business coalition that achieved this outcome, and 老牛影视General Counsel Maury Baskin of Littler Mendelson P.C. filed the successful motion for summary judgment. 听

As a result of this final judgment by the district court, the pending appeal from the preliminary injunction is now moot and is expected to be dismissed.听

The Trump administration will have until Oct. 31 to decide whether to file a new notice of appeal from the judge鈥檚 final order. 听老牛影视hopes the administration will not appeal, and instead will focus its efforts on proposing a new rule, which is already underway at DOL.听

Background:

On May 23, 2016, DOL issued the Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees final rule, also known as the overtime final rule. This would have changed the federal exemptions to overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act for 鈥渨hite collar鈥� workers by doubling the current minimum salary level for exemption from $23,660 to $47,476 per year and automatically increasing it every three years.听

On Sept. 20, 2016, 老牛影视and a coalition of business groups against the final rule, and on Nov. 22 it was from going into effect.

On July 26, 2017, the DOL issued a Request for Information (RFI) related to the final overtime rule. The public may submit comments on the RFI until Sept. 25, 2017.听

老牛影视has been a vocal opponent of the overtime rule, along with more than 900 老牛影视members and as a of . 老牛影视supported legislation that would prevent DOL from implementing the rule and that would have delayed its implementation.听