A former employee of Applied Consultants has filed a federal lawsuit against the company\u00a0seeking unpaid overtime and other damages under the Fair Labor Standards Act, or FLSA. \u00a0The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court in Midland, Texas, and is styled Sanchez v. Applied Consultants, Cause Number 7:15-cv-00162-HLH.<\/p>\n
Applied Consultants is a pipeline inspection company that provides personnel and services to oilfield companies for all aspects of plant, pipeline, compressor, pump and metering facilities.\u00a0 The plaintiff was employed by Applied Consultants as a pumper, and primarily worked in the Permian Basin, in the areas surrounding Midland, Texas. \u00a0While employed by Applied Consultants, the plaintiff alleges that he generally worked seven days one week and five days the next week. \u00a0The plaintiff alleges that instead of paying him overtime, Applied Consultants paid him\u00a0a day rate, then a flat hourly rate for each hour the plaintiff worked above ten in a day.\u00a0 As such, the plaintiff alleges that Applied Consultants denied him overtime for any and all hours worked in excess of 40 in a single work week.\u00a0 The plaintiff seeks his unpaid overtime, an equal amount in liquidated damages, and his attorney\u2019s fees.<\/p>\n
Oilfield workers are all too frequently denied overtime pay using day rates and straight time compensation.\u00a0 If you or a friend or family member have been paid day rates or straight time or have otherwise not been paid overtime by an oilfield service, oil and gas producer, or pipeline inspection company, consult an experienced overtime attorney to learn your legal rights.<\/p>\n
About the author:<\/b>\u00a0Josh Borsellino is a Texas attorney who represents workers to get them the overtime pay they deserve. \u00a0 For a free consultation, call 817.908.9861 or 432.242.7118 or complete this online contact\u00a0form<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A former employee of Applied Consultants has filed a federal lawsuit against the company\u00a0seeking unpaid overtime and other damages under the Fair Labor Standards Act, or FLSA. \u00a0The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court in Midland, Texas, and is styled Sanchez v. Applied Consultants, Cause Number 7:15-cv-00162-HLH. Applied Consultants is a pipeline…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3886,3895,3896,3897],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dfwcounsel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dfwcounsel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dfwcounsel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dfwcounsel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dfwcounsel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dfwcounsel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dfwcounsel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dfwcounsel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dfwcounsel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}