January 14, 2022
Employees of an energy staffing company are highly paid, salaried workers exempt from receiving overtime, a Louisiana federal judge ruled Friday, dismissing the workers' suit alleging their employer owes them overtime pay because they were paid hourly rates.
December 14, 2021
A Louisiana federal judge is holding firm on his decision to decertify a collective of workers claiming an energy industry staffing company failed to properly pay them overtime, denying the group's motion for reconsideration on the grounds that a recent Fifth Circuit ruling supports their bid.
September 07, 2021
A group of workers for an energy industry staffing company cannot move forward as a collective, a Louisiana federal judge found Tuesday, saying the opt-in plaintiffs held different jobs and cannot prove they were subject to the same overtime-exempt policy.
August 04, 2021
A group of workers for an energy industry staffing firm said they should remain a collective because they were victims of the same overtime-exempt policy, urging a Louisiana federal court to deny the company's "parades of horribles" bid to decertify them.
January 28, 2021
Settlements in Fair Labor Standards Act collective actions are likely to be a lot smaller and cover fewer workers following a recent Fifth Circuit ruling that reshaped the test for certifying representative actions, wage and hour attorneys told Law360.