Ohio State Reverses Hundreds of Workers’ Raises After DOL’s Overtime Rule Overturned

The Ohio State University is rolling back raises to 306 workers whose salaries were adjusted following the U.S. Department of Labor’s expanded overtime rule, a university spokesperson confirmed to HR Dive. The rule, which was recently overturned, had raised the minimum wage threshold for overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act to $43,888 on July 1 and would have raised it to $58,656 on Jan. 1, 2025. The news was first reported by The Columbus Dispatch. The university had made salary adjustments totaling about $2 million after the rule’s passage but is walking them back after a Texas federal judge ruled last month “the 2024 Rule exceeds the Department’s authority and is unlawful.” That ruling effectively reset the threshold at which workers qualified for overtime to $35,568.