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When it comes to pay practices of oil and gas companies (both producers and service providers), it truly is the wild west in Texas. The U.S. has become the largest oil producer in the world, and Texas is the epicenter of oil production in this country. This requires millions of man hours by skilled laborers, who work long, hard hours away from their families.
Federal law requires almost every laborer to be paid one-and-a-half times their regular rate of pay for each hour worked above forty in a week. But in the rush to drill for ever-increasing amounts of oil and gas, and because drilling is a labor-intensive business, companies are tempted to short the wages of their workers through a variety of illegal schemes to help their bottom line.<\/p>\r\n
Every oilfield worker should make sure that they are paid every dollar they are owed by their employer.\u00a0 Every oilfield worker should know their legal rights regarding overtime pay.\u00a0 The following questions can help an oilfield worker to know whether they may be owed overtime pay:
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\u00a0 Common Oilfield Overtime Problems When it comes to pay practices of oil and gas companies (both producers and service providers), it truly is the wild west in Texas. The U.S. has become the largest oil producer in the world, and Texas is the epicenter of oil production in this country. This requires millions of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oilfieldovertime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2488"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oilfieldovertime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oilfieldovertime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oilfieldovertime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oilfieldovertime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/oilfieldovertime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2488\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oilfieldovertime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
If you answered yes<\/u><\/strong> to any of these questions regarding a current or past employer within the past 3 years, you may have a claim for unpaid overtime and could be entitled to thousands of dollars in lost wages, plus additional damages.
Do not wait to find out whether you have had your wages stolen by your employer or former employer – too often I receive calls from workers who waited too long to ask the right questions about overtime pay.\u00a0 If you believe you have been shorted on overtime pay, call me and I will give you an honest, straightforward evaluation, at no cost or obligation to you.<\/p>\r\n OUR ATTORNEYS <\/a><\/h5>\r\n
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