21 States Sue To Block New US Labor Department Threshold

Twenty-one states Tuesday filed suit challenging new federal rules on overtime pay, saying they fail to take into account congressional intent, pose an undue burden on businesses and threaten to drain state budgets. Nevada, Texas, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Iowa, Maine, New Mexico, Mississippi and Michigan filed suit in federal court in Plano, Texas, seeking to overturn the Obama administration’s revision of the overtime exemption.