The US Department of Labor said today it sent a request for information related to the overtime rule to the Office of Management and Budget for its review. The Daily Caller described it as a step toward overhauling the controversial rule.

A judge has blocked the rule from taking effect. The rule would increase the number of workers owed overtime by raising the salary exemption under which white collar employees are owed overtime to $47,892 per year effective Dec. 1 from the current level of $23,660. The rule also calls for raising the salary level on an ongoing basis.

When published, the request for information will offer the opportunity for the public to comment, according to the Department of Labor.

Separately, the Department of Labor also announced it would reinstate issuance of “opinion letters” that offer guidance for employers and employees on how a particular law applies in certain situations.

“The shift will be a welcome one for employers and business owners, who have been hoping for a more conciliatory, and less punitive, enforcement environment as well as more clarification of the many complex rules around wages and hours,” Allan Bloom of law firm Proskauer Rose LLP wrote in a Lexology post.