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U.S. Supreme Court,
Labor/Employment,
Civil Rights

Jun. 22, 2016

Labor Department must explain policy change, U.S. Supreme Court rules

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that the federal Labor Department must explain why it changed a longstanding policy in order to entitle workers at a California auto dealership to overtime pay.

By Saul Sugarman
Daily Journal Staff Writer

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that the federal Labor Department must explain why it changed a longstanding policy in order to entitle workers at a California auto dealership to overtime pay.

In a 6-2 ruling, the majority asked why the Labor Department applied a 2011 interpretation of a 1966 amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act that exempted from overtime "any ...

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