Federal Judge ends Biden admin's overtime expansion rule

As if Joe Biden wasn't having a rough enough time already, a federal judge has just humiliated his entire administration by dismissing one of its Department of Labor rules.

According to JustTheNews.com, the rule would have "expanded overtime eligibility for millions of salaried employees."

According to Reuters, "The ruling blocks a rule that employers offer overtime premiums to salaried workers who make less than $58,600 a year when they work over 40 hours a week. The rule will now return to a $35,500 threshold set in 2019."

The Biden administration's scrapped rule would have taken effect on Jan. 1, 2025.

The judge at issue, Sean Jordan, said that the rule went beyond the authority of the Department of Labor.

"The Department’s changes to the minimum salary level in the 2024 Rule exceed its statutory jurisdiction," Jordan wrote. "The minimum salary level imposed by the 2024 Rule ‘effectively eliminates’ consideration of whether an employee performs ‘bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity’ duties, in favor of what amounts to a salary-only test."