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New Overtime Rules Blocked

Yesterday a Federal Judge in Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the new overtime rules scheduled to take effect on December 1, 2016.  These rules would have increased the minimum salary for most exempt employees to $913/week. As a result of this injunction, employers may continue to follow the existing overtime regulations until a decision is reached (the minimum salary for exempt executive and administrative employees in New York will continue to be $675/week).

A preliminary injunction isn’t permanent, as it simply preserves the existing overtime rule—which was last updated in 2004—until the court has a chance to review the merits of the case objecting to the revisions to the regulation.

Our firm will continue to keep you informed as to all further developments.

Please contact our Director of Human Resources, Caroline Organ, at cmo@bspcpa.com or 716-854-5034 with any questions.