Day Rates

Court refuses to apply admin. exemption in oilfield case

A federal magistrate judge in Galveston has recommended that a summary judgment motion based on the administrative exemption to the FLSA be denied in a lawsuit filed by former oilfield workers employed…

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Court denies RigUp’s Attempt to Intervene in OT Suit

A federal district court in Houston has denied an attempt by RUSCO Operating, LLC and Planning Thru Completion, LLC (collectively, ”RigUp”) to intervene in an overtime lawsuit.  The lawsuit was filed against…

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BP and Ensley sued by landman for OT pay

A former landman has filed suit against BP America Production Company and Ensley Properties, Inc. The plaintiff worked as a landman for BP from October 2018 until May 2020. According to the suit,…

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EOG sued for overtime pay violations

EOG Resources has been sued by two former water consultants for overtime violations in federal court in New Mexico. One plaintiff worked for EOG from 2014 until March of 2020. The other…

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Bedrock and EOG sued for overtime violations

Bedrock PC 1099, LLC, an oilfield consulting firm, and EOG Resources, Inc. have been sued in federal court in Houston by a former water consultant for unpaid overtime. The lawsuit alleges that…

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FLSA Filings Down in WDTX in 2021

There were 181 FLSA cases filed in the Western District of Texas in 2021.  That is a ten percent drop from the 201 cases filed under the FLSA in the WDTX in…

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Court rules on Precision Directional overtime claims

A federal judge in Houston has issued a ruling in an overtime case involving Precision Directional Services, Inc and Precision Drilling Corporation.  A former worker sued both companies alleging he and others…

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Court refuses to enforce RigUp arbitration provision in OT case

A federal appeals court has refused to enforce an arbitration provision between a worker the consulting firm that hired him.  NZone Guidiance, L.L.C., an oil and gas services company, hired the lead…

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5th Circuit: Day Rate Workers Owed Overtime

Whether a day rate constitutes a salary under the FLSA is an issue that has generated substantial debate in the past few years, nowhere more so than in the U.S. Court of…

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