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Mud Logging Technicians Net $595,000 Settlement from Investigations Aimed at Overtime Pay Compliance in Oil and Gas Industry

Over 100 current and former mud logging technicians (mud loggers) employed by New Mexico based Morco Geological stand to share in the $595,737 in back wages the company has agreed to pay to compensate for violations of the minimum wage, overtime, and record-keeping provisions of...

| September 3, 2013

Overtime Misclassification Claims – Loan Officers and others in the Financial Service Industry

Federal law requires employers to pay minimum wage and overtime to all non-exempt employees. Overtime pay is calculated as one and one-half times the workers' normal rate of pay for any time worked above 40 hours per week. Thus, employers have an incentive to misclassify...

| October 15, 2012

$2,950,000 Settlement in Lowe’s California LPM Overtime Claim

Lowe’s Loss Prevention Managers (LPMs) working in California brought suit claiming that they were misclassified as "exempt" from wage and hour laws that require the payment of overtime, and as a result, were denied the overtime pay to which they were entitled. A settlement worth...

| October 15, 2011

$1,500,000 Settlement Approved in Terminix California Overtime Case

Terminix has settled a class action lawsuit against it in which trainees claim they were forced to work far in excess of 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week without overtime pay, rest breaks and meal periods that most California employees are entitled...

| October 12, 2011

AT&T May Roll Dice on Overtime Pay Claim by Managers

Low Level "Managers" Claim They Are Owed Unpaid Overtime Wages Hundreds of Level One Managers for the Southern New England Telephone Co. are challenging their exempt classification under the FLSA and Connecticut state labor law. Being classified as "exempt" results in them not being paid...

| October 3, 2011

California Exempt Employees

What is a California Exempt Employee? California exempt employees are workers who meet California’s strict requirements for exempt employees, which means that they are not eligible for overtime pay under either the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) or under California legislation. Because California’s labor...

| January 3, 2011

California Law for Overtime

California law for overtime is evidence that one of the best places in the country to work is the State of California which places a high premium on the protection of their citizens in the workplace. Minimum wage earners who most often live from paycheck to...

| January 3, 2011

Overtime Lawsuit

A Change in your Job Duties May Change your Overtime Exemption Status An overtime lawsuit is often a class action suit in which a group of employees sue their employer for violations of federal and state overtime laws. These kinds of lawsuits regarding overtime are...

| January 2, 2011

FLSA Overtime Rules

In spite of the FLSA Overtime rules, each year employees are cheated out of their overtime pay by their employers. While some companies may unknowingly keep from paying an employee the overtime pay that they are due some companies intentionally do not pay their employees the...

| January 1, 2011

Virginia Labor Laws

Virginia employees may not be protected from overtime violations by Virginia labor laws per se, but they are far from unprotected. Eligible or non-exempt workers are protected by the Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA) laws which protect every U. S. worker. That begs the question,...

| December 31, 2010

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