Legal: Businesses, states sue to block new federal overtime rule

摘要

Two big lawsuits were filed Sept. 20 againstrnthe U.S. Labor Department to try to blockrnimplementation of its new overtime rule. The rulerndoubles to about $47,000 per year the minimumrnsalary that employers must pay managers,rnadministrators or professionals whom employersrnclassify as exempt from overtime pay.