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A Belton Texas based manufacturer of heavy duty wire rope used in construction, mining and oil and gas has been ordered to pay over $165,000 to 31 of its workers to compensate them for unpaid back overtime.  While repayment of unpaid overtime wages is the...

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Just a few months ago, Senator of Pennsylvania, Bob Casey, summoned a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety. The hearing was to discuss payroll fraud, also known as employee misclassification. What exactly is employee misclassification? Employee misclassification is the act of...

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An Increase in Demand for Pipeliners For those who work in the midstream oil and gas business, it’s no secret that the development of new pipelines has seriously lagged the pace of new production. The ever-increasing output of: the Eagle Ford in Texas the Marcellous...

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An ongoing case filed in the Eastern District of California claims that M-I SWACO, one of the largest drilling fluids companies in the world, violated both federal and California labor laws by: Failing to Pay Overtime and Minimum Wages in accordance with federal law Failing...

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Just a few months ago, a popular Park Street, California restaurant specializing in Thai cuisine was cited for nearly half a million dollars in wage theft violations. According to the press release, cooks, dishwashers, kitchen helpers and servers at Toomie's Thai Cuisine routinely worked up...

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As previously discussed in a prior post relating to shipyard workers employed by a Louisiana-based staffing company, pay schemes in which workers are given per diem payments that make up a significant amount of their total pay should be looked at closely to determine if...

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Harris Health System in Houston, Texas learned an expensive lesson about how to properly calculate employee overtime and has agreed to pay more than $4,000,000 in back overtime wages to 4,573 nurses, lab technicians, respiratory care practitioners, X-ray technicians, medical technologists, registered pharmacy technicians, eligibility...

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A new case filed in the Southern District of Texas seeks to recover unpaid overtime wages for Rosendo Zamora who worked for Baker Hughes as a Closed Loop Operator. This is yet another instance where oilfield workers who are paid using a day-rate or hybrid...

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While times are generally good for California workers employed in the oil and gas drilling business, primarily due to the surge in drilling activity using fracking technology, there are a few things that oilfield workers should be aware of to ensure that they are being...

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A whopping statistic was recently announced, that low-wage workers are robbed more than banks, gas stations, and convenience stores combined – except the perpetrators are their own employers. This statistic is due to the fact that many employers don't abide by minimum wage laws or...

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