Texas State Workers Not Subject to Expanded Overtime Protections, Judge Rules

The judge issued a limited relief to the state of Texas as an employer.

The Texas State Capitol in Austin, on Sept. 20, 2021. Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images

State employees in Texas are excluded from the U.S. Department of Labor’s final rule that extends overtime protections to millions of white-collar workers across the nation because of a last-minute court order.

The June 28 order granted the Texas government’s request for a preliminary injunction, halting the Department of Labor (DOL) rule as it applies to the Lone Star State as a government employer, while multiple lawsuits challenging the rule continue.