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The NAM filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit asking the court to uphold a preliminary injunction of a Department of Labor (DOL) overtime rule that would place significant economic burdens on businesses. The overtime rule would have increased the minimum salary exemption thresholds by more than 100% from $23,660 to $47,476 annually. If the injunction was not upheld, more than 4.2 million employees, many of them in manufacturing, would have immediately lost their exempt status causing economic harm to both employers and employees. The NAM’s brief argued that the DOL’s overtime rule is inconsistent with decades of regulations and failed to consider the business community’s legitimate interests. The court granted a motion by the DOL to dismiss the appeal, and the DOL reopened the rulemaking process.