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Are Oilfield Workers Being Cheated Out of Overtime Pay? Wage theft in the oilfield is rampant. Oilfield workers are the backbone of the energy industry, working long hours in tough conditions to [...]

Oilfield Workers are Entitled to Overtime Pay The law generally requires oilfield workers to be paid overtime wages—even if you are paid a day rate. If you work overtime in the oil and gas [...]

Salaried-Exempt from Overtime? A federal court of appeals recently issued an opinion holding that, if an employee is paid a day rate (i.e. paid “by-the-day”) that employee is not [...]

Overtime Pay is Generally Required Under federal labor laws, most employees are entitled to be paid the federal minimum wage (which is currently $7.25 an hour). Furthermore, most employees are [...]

The United States Department of Labor recently announced a fine against Sea Island Acquisitions LLC because the company violated several important elements of the Fair Labor Standards Act. In a [...]

Overused Overtime Exemptions Employers often attempt to illegally cloak their employees with overtime exemptions to avoid paying overtime in accordance with federal law. The most common overtime [...]

The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) overtime law requires employees to receive overtime pay for hours over forty (40) in week, unless the employee is “exempt” from overtime. Generally, an [...]