Republicans toss up a Hail Mary to stop the new DOL overtime rules

June 8, 2016 | by Eric B. Meyer

On December 1, 2016, the new Department of Labor overtime rules will take effect. Yesterday, Senate labor committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) announced (here) new legislation under the Congressional Review Act to to stop the overtime rules dead in their tracks.

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Keep preparing for the new overtime rules.

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