Business Groups File Lawsuit to Block DOL’s Raised Salary Thresholds for White Collar Overtime Exemptions
On May 22, 2024, more than a dozen business groups and a company filed a lawsuit seeking to block the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) new final rule that significantly raises the minimum salary thresholds for the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) white-collar overtime exemptions and will require employers to either provide salary increases to millions of exempt workers across the country, or reclassify them so they are eligible for overtime.
