No industry is immune to FLSA collective actions and the energy industry is seeing a significant uptick in these actions. In this regard, a class of workers employed by an
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Oil & Gas Industry
Another Oil Industry Class Action Settles – The Disturbing Trend Continues
There have been a number of FLSA lawsuits in the energy industry of late, focusing on unpaid overtime. One of these employers who was sued, Key Energy, has just settled…
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Pipeline Inspectors Denied Conditional Certification Due To Named Plaintiff’s Inadequacy
Regretfully, to my lights, conditional certification seems all too easy for plaintiffs in a FLSA collective action to secure. Are things changing? A federal judge has refused to certify a…
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Motion for Conditional Certification Defeated in Texas Oil Worker FLSA Collective Action Case: A Rare (But Welcome) Occurrence!
It is not that often that a motion for conditional certification is denied, as there is only needed a modicum of evidence, e.g. affidavits, to support the motion. But sometimes,…
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Parties In FLSA Collective Action Stay Discovery and Will Mediate—The Smart Thing To Do (For Both Sides)
One thing about FLSA collective actions—right or wrong, win or lose, the legal fees for both sides mount up quickly and almost relentlessly. I often counsel clients to try to…
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The FLSA Administrative Exemption Not Applicable To Oil Company Employees
Another administrative exemption lawsuit! The FLSA administrative exemption is the most difficult to defend and toughest to prove for an employer. The Fifth Circuit has now held that three marine…
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