{"id":13779,"date":"2023-03-21T16:45:52","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T20:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oilfieldovertime.com\/?p=13779"},"modified":"2023-03-21T16:45:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T20:45:52","slug":"pipeline-inspectors-what-you-should-know-about-overtime-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oilfieldovertime.com\/pipeline-inspectors-what-you-should-know-about-overtime-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"Pipeline Inspectors: What You Should Know About Overtime Pay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pipeline inspectors are often paid a day rate and work long hours every week.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>But this practice often violates federal and state overtime laws.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Within the past few years, a multitude of lawsuits have been filed against the companies that employ pipeline inspectors for unpaid overtime.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The following is a non-comprehensive list of companies that have been involved in pipeline inspector overtime lawsuits:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Chenault Consulting, Inc.;<\/p>\n<p>Kinder Morgan;<\/p>\n<p>TransCanada USA Services, Inc.;<\/p>\n<p>Onshore Quality Control Specialists, LLC;<\/p>\n<p>Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.;<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland Integrity Services, Inc.;<\/p>\n<p>Enbridge (U.S.) Inc.;<\/p>\n<p>DCP Midstream, LLC;<\/p>\n<p>Elk Energy Services, LLC;<\/p>\n<p>Cypress Environmental Management-TIR, LLC;<\/p>\n<p>Delek US Energy, Inc.;<\/p>\n<p>MarkWest Energy Partner, LP;<\/p>\n<p>Plains All American Pipeline;<\/p>\n<p>Northern National Gas Company;<\/p>\n<p>DCP Midstream, LLC; and<\/p>\n<p>Phillips 66.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The United States Supreme Court recently held that workers paid on a day rate basis are not exempt from overtime pay.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>This means that day rate workers are eligible for overtime compensation.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>If you worked as a pipeline inspector within the past three years and were paid a day rate, contact an experienced overtime pay attorney as soon as possible to learn of your legal rights.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Josh Borsellino has filed dozens of lawsuits on behalf of oilfield workers and offers free, confidential, no-obligation consultations for day rate workers.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Call Josh today at <a href=\"tel:817.908.9861\">817.908.9861<\/a> or email him <a href=\"mailto:josh@dfwcounsel.com?subject=Overtime%20Consultation\">through this link<\/a> for a free consultation. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pipeline inspectors are often paid a day rate and work long hours every week.\u00a0 But this practice often violates federal and state overtime laws.\u00a0 Within the past few years, a multitude of lawsuits have been filed against the companies that employ pipeline inspectors for unpaid overtime.\u00a0 The following is a non-comprehensive list of companies that&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3872,3870,3871,3868,3869],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oilfieldovertime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13779"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oilfieldovertime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oilfieldovertime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oilfieldovertime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oilfieldovertime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/oilfieldovertime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13780,"href":"https:\/\/oilfieldovertime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13779\/revisions\/13780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oilfieldovertime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oilfieldovertime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oilfieldovertime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}