Punching In: Fifth Circuit Takes Up Trump Overtime Rule Lawsuit

Aug. 5, 2024, 9:30 AM UTC

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers.

Overtime Oral Arguments|Revisiting the PRO Act

Rebecca Rainey: The Fifth Circuit this week will consider the US Labor Department’s ability to set limits on exemptions to overtime pay requirements in a case that could derail the Biden administration’s latest efforts to expand time-and-a-half pay protections to millions more workers.

The dispute before the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit involves business owner Robert Mayfield’s appeal challenging a 2019 rule that limited an exemption to overtime pay requirements.

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, workers who are salaried, have certain “executive, administrative, and ...

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