LAS VEGAS (AP) — A coalition of 21 states is suing the U.S. Department of Labor over a new rule that would make more higher-earning workers eligible for overtime pay.
Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt filed the lawsuit in Texas on Tuesday, urging the court to block implementation before the regulation takes effect on Dec. 1.
The measure would repeal the so-called “white collar exemption” and more than double the salary threshold under which employers must pay overtime to their workers.
Laxalt said the rule would burden private and public sectors and represents inappropriate federal overreach.
Officials from the labor department didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.
Other plaintiffs include Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin.
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One merely has to look at the governors of these states. Truly, a basket of deplorables.
because we care about our citizens and by god we can’t drive up labor costs or businesses will FLEE our state…
if the workers need more money let them get a 2nd job or put the kids to work and teach them the value of honest labor and hard work…
I wonder if the DOJ lawyers in those states will get overtime pay.
No, they won’t. Lawyers, doctors and other white collar, highly educated professionals are typically exempt from overtime.
Isn’t that partly what this is about adjusting those white collar professional exemptions? Of course most lawyers and doctors are probably making more than the new minimum for exemption, which I think is in the $47,000 range.