WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today voted to delay the effective date of the Department of Labor’s controversial overtime rule for six months. “All too often the executive branch enacts policies that sound wonderful but impose unintended consequences and burdens that make the lives of hardworking Americans more difficult,” said Foxx during remarks on the House floor. “This regulation will require companies to reclassify a significant portion of their workforce, eliminating flexibility... Read more

The clock is ticking on efforts to fend off the overtime rule, despite 21 states' lawsuit against the Department of Labor (DOL) and, in a separate effort, small businesses seeking a delay in the effective date. Unless the states can block it or the National Federation of Independent Business can get it delayed, the rule is less than three months away from taking effect on Dec. 1. However, Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., who is expected to chair the U.S. House of Representatives Education and the Wor... Read more

WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today praised the House Committee on Education and the Workforce’s unanimous passage of legislation that strengthens career and technical education. “For far too long, there has been a discrepancy in what students are learning in the classroom and what employers say they need in the workplace,” said Foxx, chair of the House Subcommittee on Higher Education and a former community college president. “This bipartisan bill goes a long way toward ensuring that... Read more

House Education and the Workforce Committee Chair John Kline (R-Minn.) and Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) said today that the Obama administration took too long to implement bipartisan legislation to modernize job training. In joint statement, the lawmakers said that although workers "will finally have the opportunity to enjoy all the benefits of a modern workforce development system ... it's a shame that it has taken this long for the administration to do its job and implement these critical refor... Read more

Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, introduced a resolution Thursday under the Congressional Review Act to block the new overtime rule set by the Labor Department on May 18. The resolution, H.J. Res. 95, provides for congressional disapproval of the Labor Department’s overtime rule. The resolution is meant to protect workers, students, nonprofit organizations and small business owners from the consequences of the overtime ru... Read more

Two years ago, the Obama administration introduced an effort to update rules surrounding federal wage and hour standards incorporated into the Fair Labor Standards Act. The result of that effort will begin to be felt near the end of this year. It won’t stop there. First, some background: On Dec. 1, the final rule, which was released by the Department of Labor in May, will more than double the salary threshold for overtime pay eligibility from $455 per week to $913 per week — $47,476 per year. Ac... Read more

WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, today introduced a resolution (H. J. Res. 95) under the Congressional Review Act to protect workers, students, nonprofit organizations, and small business owners from the consequences of the Department of Labor’s controversial overtime rule. Concerns have been raised that the department failed to streamline existing overtime regulations and instead finalized a rule that will s... Read more

House Republicans are looking to shut down an effort by the Obama administration to raise overtime pay for millions of workers. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) on Thursday filled a motion of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act in an effort to repeal the Labor Department’s new overtime rule. “Our nation’s overtime rules need to be modernized, but the Department of Labor’s extreme and partisan approach will lead to damaging consequences that the American people simply cannot afford,” Foxx s... Read more

The Labor Department’s much-contested overtime rule is now facing a challenge from both chambers of Congress after Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-NC, introduced a resolution on Thursday to block its implementation. “Our nation’s overtime rules need to be modernized, but the Department of Labor’s extreme and partisan approach will lead to damaging consequences that the American people simply cannot afford,” Foxx said of her resolution (HJ Res 59). The Labor Department’s rule would expand overtime pay for ... Read more

WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today released the following statement regarding the Obama administration’s new rules on overtime: “Once again unelected Washington bureaucrats have ignored the concerns of employers and issued regulations that will make it more difficult for hardworking Americans to operate their businesses and provide career advancement opportunities for their employees. The Labor Department’s new rules on overtime are another egregious example of the burdensome regulat... Read more