BREAKING: Judge blocks new overtime rule, postponing potential pay boost for 4.2M workers

Having trouble viewing this email? | View it in your browser   A federal judge on Tuesday blocked a new rule from the U.S. Labor Department making make millions more Americans eligible for overtime pay. The decision by U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant in the Eastern District of Texas indefinitely pushes back the Dec. 1 effective date while he weighs a challenge to the requirement. An estimated 4.2 million workers were to be newly eligible for time-and-a-half wages for each hour they put in beyond 40 a week under the new rule. FOR MORE ON THIS STORY, GO TO:   USATODAY.COM       You are currently subscribed to this newsletter with the address: bgshopwithus13.gossippage@blogger.com. To UNSUBSCRIBE please click here.     Manage Subscriptions | Help | Advertise | Home Delivery | Privacy Policy - Your California Privacy Rights     © 2016 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc. 7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA 22108