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Efforts to chip away at acting Secretary Julie Su’s agenda at the Department of Labor remain a priority for congressional Republicans.

American Trucking Associations is leading opposition to legislation in Congress aiming at recasting how certain commercial drivers are compensated.

NEW YORK — The new year brings new overtime rules for employers including small businesses and in turn, a pay raise for an estimated 1.3 million workers.

A federal judge on Nov. 22 blocked an Obama administration rule to extend mandatory overtime pay to more than 4 million workers from taking effect, imperiling one of the outgoing president's signature achievements for boosting wages.

A U.S. Department of Labor rule that would add 4 million workers to the national pool of employees eligible for overtime bonus pay Dec. 1 is facing two legal challenges in a U.S. District Court in Sherman, Texas.

NFI Industries paid $1 million on Aug. 25 to settle a U.S. Department of Labor audit into whether employees were due overtime pay. Legal experts believe this is just the beginning of a large-scale crackdown ahead of changes in overtime rules in December.

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. settled a class-action lawsuit with former employees in a case involving overtime wages.