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title: "QSR: What is the Future of the Overtime Rule?"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/2d439c66-739a-4e7a-9d4a-4b2bcccba304
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/qsr-what-is-the-future-of-the-overtime-rule-9113
category: "QSR"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "QSR"
published: 2017-01-06T16:11:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:11:55.339Z
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# QSR: What is the Future of the Overtime Rule?

**TL;DR:** A Texas district court placed an injunction on the new overtime rule under the Fair Labor Standards Act, leaving employers wondering how to prepare. Labor and employment lawyer Tim Garrett advises employers to maintain already implemented changes and be transparent with employees.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-01-06. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/qsr-what-is-the-future-of-the-overtime-rule-9113).*

## Story

Employers were already preparing for the new The Fair Labor Standards Act when a Texas district court places an injunction that halted the new overtime rule right before it was set to take effect. Under the new law, salaried employees earning under $47,476 annually would be entitled to overtime wages.

But now that the law is in limbo, many employers are wondering what will actually happen in terms of overtime and what they can do to prepare. To help clarify the future of overtime, QSR spoke with labor and employment lawyer Tim Garrett about the possible future of the overtime rule.

“It’s been our consistent advice that those who have already announced and implemented changes either in salaries or in classifications, should probably stick with those and not attempt to undo them, which would likely be more disruptive,” said Garrett. “Those that are facing the real tough spots and have decided for that reason not to implement it, I think transparency is best ... because the morale issue is real. The more transparent and candid employers are with employees, the more that credibility gap can be lessened or even eliminated.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- labor law (topic)
- overtime rule (topic)
- fair labor standards act (topic)
- Texas district court (regulator)
- employer preparation (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/qsr-what-is-the-future-of-the-overtime-rule-9113). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/2d439c66-739a-4e7a-9d4a-4b2bcccba304).