A federal judge in Texas blocked the Department of Labor’s new federal overtime rule, which would have doubled the Fair Labor Standard Act’s (FLSA’s) salary threshold for exemption from overtime pay and was scheduled to take effect on Dec. 1. For now, the overtime rule will not take effect as planned Dec. 1, but it could still be implemented later down the road. Employers may continue to follow the existing overtime regulations until a decision is reached. 

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