Federal court is blocking a regulation that would make an estimated 4 million more higher-earning workers eligible for overtime pay.
A US District court in Texas has granted a nationwide preliminary injunction that prevents the department of labor from implementing the changes until the rule can be further examined.
The order comes after 21 states sued to block the rule before it took effect on Dec. 1.
The regulation would shrink the so-called "white collar exemption" and more than double the salary limits under which employers must pay overtime to their workers.
