An increasing trend in Texas and across the country over the past 5 years has been the use of “consultants” rather than employees by large companies. This happens often in the oil…
A lawsuit has been filed by former drilling supervisors seeking unpaid overtime in federal court in Laredo against Cheyenne Petroleum Company. Cheyenne is a privately held oil and gas exploration company. According…
BP has announced plans to layoff a massive number of people. BP’s CEO Bernard Looney said the company would layoff 10,000 employees, equating to roughly 15% of the oil major’s global workforce….
Overtime cases filed under the FLSA may be brought individually or as a collective action, where the claimant seeks to pursue claims on behalf of other similarly situated workers. In collective cases,…
The Sixth Circuit held that day rate workers were not “highly compensated” employees and were thus owed overtime, as the workers were not paid on a salary basis. Former welding inspectors of…
FLSA settlement agreements cannot be written to impose new terms that the parties have not agreed to
Attorneys fees can be a powerful weapon for workers in FLSA cases. A recent case in the Second Circuit addressed the parties’ ability to allocate settlement funds as attorney’s fees. The plaintiff…
Employers often force their workers to sign arbitration agreements, believing that such provisions limit the company’s exposure if the workers later sue. However, courts have found many reasons why an arbitration agreement…
Former cabling technicians have sued their employer in the Western District of Texas, Midland-Odessa division, for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), the New Mexico Minimum Wage Act (“NMMWA”), and…
Chevron, a major oil and gas production company, and DXP Enterprises, Inc., a publicly traded company that offers compliance and consulting services to clients in the oil and gas industry, have been…