Roofing contractors around the country concerned about the U.S. Dept. of Labor’s (DOL) new rule to expand overtime benefits to workers need not worry — at least for a little while longer.
In a pre-Thanksgiving surprise ruling, a federal judge from the Eastern District of Texas issued an opinion stopping the new rules from taking effect on Dec. 1. The ruling was the latest development in a lawsuit filed by 21 states — Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin — against the DOL and its leader, Secretary Thomas E. Perez.