Young Workers Spared After Judge Blocks New Overtime Rule

Imagine you are called into your employer’s office just a few months before the holiday season and are told that due to new federal regulations, you will be bumped from your salaried position and moved (back) to being an hourly employee. This is the reality the employees of Hobby Works, a small hobby and gift shop in Laurel, Maryland which employees only 35 employees, faced. Michael Brey, the owner of Hobby Works, was put in an unfortunate situation thanks to the federal new overtime rule, scheduled to go into effect December 1st.