<ul><li>U.S. Department of Justice asked the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to temporarily suspend Labor Department's appeals in two cases challenging the 2024 Fair Labor Standards Act overtime rule.</li><li>Texas district court judges blocked DOL's final rule, which increased the minimum salary threshold for overtime pay eligibility, and the government requested the appeals to be put on hold pending agency reconsideration.</li><li>Biden administration's plan to expand overtime eligibility likely to be nullified by the Trump administration, which had last increased the overtime-pay threshold in 2019 during its first term.</li><li>The overtime final rule, which aimed to increase annual minimum threshold to $58,656 in 2025 and include automatic increases every three years starting July 2027, faces uncertainty with the ongoing legal challenges and government changes.</li></ul>

Trump administration court filing may spell end of overtime final rule

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