October 03, 2022
A Fifth Circuit ruling that found crew members aboard lift boats that service oil and gas wells in the Gulf of Mexico don’t qualify for an exemption from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime requirement highlights the appeals court’s textualist approach. Here, Law360 details three cases that outline the ruling's ongoing impact.
April 06, 2021
A Texas federal court shouldn't grant an early win to workers claiming an offshore energy services company misclassified them as exempt from overtime and paid them on a day-rate basis regardless of hours worked because factual disputes remained, the company argued.
January 31, 2019
An electrician for an offshore energy services company filed a putative class action Thursday in Texas federal court, alleging the company violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by not paying employees overtime for working more than 40 hours a week.