Judge Rejects Biden’s Overtime Rule Benefitting 4 Million U.S. Workers

A federal judge in Texas entirely eliminated a rule from President Joe Biden’s administration that expanded overtime protections for workers by requiring employers to pay overtime premiums to more salaried people, multipleoutlets reported, eliminating one of the highest-profile Labor Department rules enacted during the Biden administration.

Judge Sean D. Jordan in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas—who was appointed by President-elect Donald Trump in his first term—said the Labor Department went beyond its authority when implementing the rule.