DOL Appeals Overtime Ruling to Fifth Circuit Ahead of Trump Term

The US Labor Department wants a federal appeals court to review a Texas judge’s decision to toss its rule to expand overtime eligibility to 4 million new workers, an effort that may be short lived under the incoming Trump administration.

Department of Justice attorneys representing the agency filed an appeal Tuesday to the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, requesting that the court take a look at US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Judge Sean D. Jordan’s decision earlier this month to vacate the rule on the grounds that it went beyond the agency’s authority. ...