Fair Wage Laws
The janitorial industry is rife with overtime violations. A case filed by the Department of Labor (“DOL”) illustrates some of the issues in this industry. Jani-King of Oklahoma Inc. was sued for…
Call centers frequently violate the FLSA by failing to pay their workers overtime or minimum wages. A recent federal case in Nevada illustrates some of the issues call center employees face when…
Companies commonly violate the FLSA by failing to pay employees for pre-shift work and/or travel time. A case from the Western District of Texas illustrates these issues. Following a lawsuit filed by…
Workers who are shorted on overtime claims often have a choice to make as to whether to opt in or out of a class or collective action settlement. Whether they join the…
A recent case in federal court in Connecticut demonstrates how expensive it can be for a defendant to fight an overtime case all the way to trial. Several class representatives filed an…
Overtime Definition I get calls from potential clients who want to know how overtime is defined and what sort of work constitutes overtime. While some states have their own laws governing overtime,…
Having represented hundreds of workers in overtime pay disputes over the past seven years, I know that there is a lot of confusion among workers when they are classified as independent contractors…
Day rates used to be a staple in the oilfield industry, as well as other areas such as construction. Hundreds of oilfield companies have been sued by current and former employees for…
A federal court in Oklahoma recently denied an oilfield services company’s efforts to dismiss a collective action lawsuit seeking unpaid overtime. A former employee of Gore Nitrogen Pumping Service filed suit against…
Being able to go to the dentist, the doctor, take off for vacation or just being able to rest if you are sick is impossible if an employee cannot take off during…
What are the Texas Overtime Laws? I get calls all the time from people wanting to know more about the overtime laws in Texas. The answer is both simple and complex –…
Nurses are beginning to file suit against hospitals because of mandatory meal period deductions. Nurses are being docked pay because of hospital policies that fail to properly compensate non-exempt nurses for work…
A federal court in San Antonio recently refused to enforce an arbitration provision in an overtime lawsuit filed by nurses against their former employer. Plaintiffs alleged that Defendants failed to pay their…
Security guards frequently work long hours and are often classified as independent contractors and paid a flat hourly rate or day rate, regardless of the number of hours they actually work in…
Security services company G4S Secure Solutions will pay as much as $130 million to settle a class action in California state court alleging that it stiffed thousands of security officers on meal…
Four federal lawsuits have been filed against Energy First Engineering & Consulting, LLC (“Energy First”) within the past year. Each of these lawsuits alleges that Energy First violated the Fair Labor Standards…
A former worker of DXP Enterprises, Inc. has filed a federal lawsuit against the company, asserting claims for unpaid overtime. DXP is a publicly traded company that offers compliance and consulting services…
A former oilfield worker of Chevron U.S.A., Inc. has filed a federal lawsuit against the company, asserting claims for unpaid overtime. Chevron is a major oil and gas production company. Plaintiff worked…
Over the past several years, employers have increasingly used time-tracking software that allows them to keep track of their employees’ time down to the minute. But in many cases, companies choose to…
Another “mixed fleet” FLSA case has recently been decided, with the Fourth Circuit ruling favorably for the plaintiffs. As I have previously written, a “mixed fleet” case is one in which a…