Justices to Weigh Overtime Proof Threshold During Court Session

The US Supreme Court is poised to consider a Biden administration-backed effort to rein in a rogue appeals court that broke from the pack and used a worker-friendly legal standard in an overtime case.

The justices will hear oral argument Tuesday in food distributor E.M.D. Sales Inc.’s challenge to a US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruling that employers must present “clear and convincing evidence” that certain workers aren’t covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime protections.

The US Justice Department will appear alongside the company to argue that the Fourth Circuit was wrong to split from ...