Brad Schimel Challenges Obama Administration’s Overtime Rules

Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel has joined a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama’s administration’s new overtime rules.

Right now, salaried employees who earn $23,660 or more annually are exempt from overtime rules, meaning they can work more than 40 hours a week without extra pay. Under the Obama administration’s new rules set to take effect in December, that salary threshold would more than double. What that means is anyone who earns $47,476 per year or less must be paid time-and-a-half for any hours worked beyond a 40-hour week.

In a lawsuit filed in Texas, Schimel and attorneys for 20 other states contend the rules violate states’ rights.

“Wisconsin, and every other state, must be able to set their own priorities and policies, and not be forced to take directive from an unchecked Washington D.C. bureaucracy,” Schimel said in a statement.

Schimel has joined several lawsuits challenging executive orders by the Obama administration.