Overtime Pay
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...
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 – Texas does not have its own...
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...
Butch’s Rat Hole & Anchor Service, Inc., has been sued in federal court in Midland, Texas two former employees represented by Borsellino, P.C. for alleged overtime violations. Butch’s is an oilfield service...
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...
A fiberoptic technician has filed suit for unpaid overtime in federal court in Midland, Texas. The plaintiff formerly worked for ABP, Inc., which performs testing on fiberoptic networks for customers in Texas...
A former tank inspector has filed suit against Brinkerhoff Inspection, Inc. (“Brinkerhoff”) for unpaid overtime. Brinkerhoff primarily provides inspection services to oil and gas producers and others in the oil and gas industry. ...
A federal judge presiding in Midland recently ruled in favor of a large class of oilfield workers represented by Borsellino, P.C. seeking unpaid overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act. In the...
One of the hot topics over the past few years in overtime litigation has been the Motor Carrier Act (“MCA”) exemption to the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), which provides that overtime...
The Fifth Circuit recently issued an important ruling regarding the applicability of the administrative exemption with respect to oilfield workers. The case is styled Dewan v. M-I, L.L.C. It was filed in...
A federal district court in Kansas has issued a ruling on an important issue relating to the motor carrier act (“MCA”) exemption. The MCA exemption provides that overtime pay is not required...
A federal district court in San Antonio recently issued an opinion which is instructive on the issues of willfulness as well as an individual owner’s liability as a joint employer under the...