Hays County area small business owners breathed a sigh of relief Nov. 22 when Texas Judge Amos Mezzant of the U.S. District Court of Eastern Texas filed an injunction against new overtime rules that were scheduled to go into effect Dec. 1.

According to a press release, Mezzant filed the injunction because the Department of Labor effectively created a “salary test,” which, according to him, is exceeding its authority.

The order for the temporary injunction will hold until further court ...