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Labor/Employment

Nov. 26, 2016

Labor lawyers stunned by overtime injunction

A Texas judge's decision late Tuesday to enjoin a rule expanding overtime pay for about 4.4 million workers sent shockwaves through the labor & employment legal community.

By Matthew Blake
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A Texas judge's decision late Tuesday to enjoin a rule expanding overtime pay for about 4.4 million workers sent shockwaves through the labor and employment legal community, raising questions about how companies might respond and if the U.S. Justice Department would even defend the federal Labor Department's position on appeal.

"This was an entirely unexpected result, stunning in its sweep," s...

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