The US Department of Labor will appeal a judge’s ruling against an Obama-era overtime rule that would have extended overtime pay to 4 million Americans in order for it to rewrite the rule, The Hill reported.
The judge permanently shot down the rule in a decision earlier this year. The rule targeted overtime pay for employees who work in an “executive, administrative or professional capacity.” Under current regulations, those employees must receive a salary of at least $455 per week, or $23,660 annually, or an employer must pay overtime. The new rule would have raised that salary requirement to $913 per week, or $47,476 annually.