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Six former employees of Transglobal Services, LLC have filed suit against the company, asserting claims for unpaid overtime. Transglobal primarily provides surveying, right of way and seismic services to oil and gas…
Employers that face unpaid overtime collective actions sometimes attempt to utilize what is known as a “pick off” strategy. In such a scenario, the employer will make an offer of judgment under…
Motor Carrier Act Exemption and the Technical Corrections Act One of the hot topics over the past year in the wage and hour sphere has been the Motor Carrier Act (“MCA”) exemption to…
It is common knowledge that many landmen, title examiners and title abstractors are not paid overtime. Many times they are classified as independent contractors and paid a flat hourly fee. Sometimes landmen…
Six former employees of Wildcat Wireline and KLX Energy have filed suit against these companies, asserting claims for unpaid overtime. Wildcat Wireline was an oilfield service company that provided wireline services that…
Two former employees have filed a lawsuit for unpaid overtime in Midland, Texas against Bulldog Well Testing, LLC, Bull Dorado Holdings, LLC, and their owners. Bulldog, which is based in Oklahoma, is…
A former employee has filed a lawsuit for unpaid overtime in Midland, Texas against WCC Energy, LLC. WCC, which is based in Anson, Texas, is an oilfield services company. The lawsuit…
A former employee has filed an unpaid overtime lawsuit against Wildcat Services, LLC. Wildcat, which is based in Midland, Texas, is a service company specializing in hydro-excavating, water well drilling, water well…
A former field employee has filed a federal lawsuit in Midland, Texas seeking unpaid overtime against Spartan Flow Control. Spartan provides pressure control and flow back services in the oil and gas…
A federal district court in Midland, Texas has conditionally certified a case filed by oilfield workers against their employer for unpaid overtime. Plaintiffs were employed by Rig Power and M3P (collectively, “Defendants”)…
A Health, Safety and Environment (“HSE”) Advisor recently filed suit in federal court in Houston, alleging that he and other HSE Advisors working for RWDY, Inc. (“RWDY”), Brian Owen and/or Marathon Oil…
A former employee of Applied Consultants has filed a federal lawsuit against the company seeking unpaid overtime and other damages under the Fair Labor Standards Act, or FLSA. The lawsuit was filed in…
For years, oilfield companies have failed and refused to pay overtime to their Measurement While Drilling (MWD), Logging While Drilling (LWD), Field Service Specialist, Field Technician and Directional Driller positions. In…
A collective action lawsuit for unpaid overtime has been filed by several current or former employees of Rig Power, Inc. and its parent company M3P Energy, LLC in federal court in Midland, Texas. …
A collective action lawsuit for unpaid overtime has been filed in federal court in Midland, Texas against Knight’s Inspection Services, LLC. Knight’s Inspection is an inspection company in the oil and gas…
Oilfield workers often travel from job site to job site driving both commercial and full-size trucks. Oilfield companies often refuse to pay oilfield workers overtime, claiming that they are exempt under what is…
The issue of whether dispatchers are due overtime pay has been heavily debated in recent years. Last month, a federal court in Houston, Texas ruled that dispatchers for an oil and petrochemicals…
Any business broker who has been in the industry long enough has been cut out of a deal in which they should have been paid a commission. These deals usually follow a…
With the drop in oil prices, many oil and gas companies in Midland, Odessa, and across West and South Texas have announced mass layoffs. Over the past several months, tens of thousands…
Appellate Court Concludes Timekeeping Policies Not An Absolute Defense to Overtime Pay Employers faced with overtime lawsuits often attempt to blame their workers for underreporting their hours. In a recent case, however,…