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…
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…
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…
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…
Oilfield workers are often paid day rates. Day rates frequently violate the federal overtime law, known as the Fair Labor Standards Act, or FLSA. Department of Labor regulations specifically describe how a…
Under New Mexico’s overtime statute, the Minimum Wage Act (the “NMMWA”) an employer is required to pay an employee for overtime work. See NMSA 1978, § 50-4-22(E). An `employee’ includes an individual…
This blog has previously covered the ongoing battles between plaintiffs suing for overtime pay, staffing companies and the companies that actually direct the workers. In the oil and gas industry, it has…
A federal court in Wyoming allowed Applied Consultants to intervene and enforced its motion to compel arbitration in an overtime case. The case originated when a pipeline inspector sued Silver Creek Midstream…
A federal court in North Dakota has refused to require plaintiffs to file a single, class-wide arbitration case, instead allowing the arbitration cases to be filed individually. The dispute originated when a…
