Lawyers and law firms have done a great job providing information and analysis about the Families First Coronavirus Relief Act (FFCRA). I’m especially proud of our team at Fredrikson & Byron for their heroic efforts putting together the firm’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Despite the flood of information, however, many practical questions about day-to-day compliance
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Texas Court Grants Injunction Delaying the Department of Labor’s New Overtime Rules
By Patrick Smith on
On November 22, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the Department of Labor from implementing and enforcing the new overtime rule as scheduled on December 1, 2016.
The new rule more than doubled the minimum salary an employee needed to qualify as exempt from overtime under…