Typically, for an unpaid overtime claim, an employee has up to two years to file a complaint or lawsuit. If action is not taken within two years, the court will likely deny the case. This time limit can be extended up to three years if the worker can prove that the employer knowingly went against FLSA regulations.
Contact the US Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division (USDOL) USDOL can assist with minimum wage and overtime claims if you're covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
The final rule issued in 2024 raised the minimum salary at which employees are exempt from overtime requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) pursuant to the exemptions for executive, administrative and professional (EAP) employees and highly compensated employees (HCE).
A Texas federal court has struck down the 2024 Department of Labor overtime rule increasing the salary level applicable to the Federal Labor Standards Act's “white collar” exemptions both prospectively and retroactively.
A federal judge in Texas struck down the DOL's April 2024 overtime rule that sought to raise the minimum salary levels for the FLSA's white-collar overtime exemption. The ruling comes in a challenge by the state of Texas and a group of more than a dozen business organizations.