DOL Rescinds 2024 Overtime Rule

On May 14, 2026, the Department of Labor (DOL) formally rescinded the 2024 overtime rule, which raised the white-collar exemption salary threshold to $844 per week on July 1, 2024, and to $1,128 on January 1, 2025. Although the rule took effect on July 1, 2024, court rulings in November and December of 2024 made the rule unenforceable. This means that employers were not required to meet the $1,128 per week threshold on January 1, 2025, and the increase that took place on July 1, 2024, also was no longer enforceable.

Although this rule was not enforceable, it remained in federal written regulations. The DOL’s act to rescind the rule removes the language from regulation and formally restores the previous salary threshold of $684 per week into written law.

However, states with higher exempt salary thresholds than the federal rule, such as Washington, will still be required to meet those higher weekly salaries instead of the federal $684 per week.

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