Just before Thanksgiving, as businesses were gearing up to implement the burdensome new overtime rules by the Department of Labor, Judge Amos Mazzant of the Eastern District Court of Texas issued a preliminary injunction effectively postponing the start date, which was set to take effect on Dec. 1.
One of the most important items of this ruling should be that it is preliminary — also known as temporary. Law firms across the country have received questions regarding this ruling and how businesses should plan to move forward. Most importantly, many have inquired whether the injunction will last into the next administration. Right now, that is not entirely clear, and legal experts and the Partnership to Protect Workplace Opportunity (PPWO), of which the American Supply Association is a member, are working to get as much clarity as possible.