A Texas federal judge rejected a US Labor Department rule that would have expanded overtime protections to 4 million new workers, marking the second major court loss for the Biden administration on the regulation.
Judge Sam Cummings of the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas agreed Monday with software company Flint Avenue LLC’s argument that the rule went beyond the labor agency’s authority under federal labor law.
The decision comes after another federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas in November blocked the rule from going into effect nationwide.
That judge granted summary judgment in ...
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