5th Circ. Told Oil Rig Worker Can't Get OT Despite 'Day Rate'

By Michelle Casady · September 9, 2020, 8:41 PM EDT

A Fifth Circuit panel heard during oral argument Wednesday that it created a circuit split when it ruled in April that a former Helix Energy Solutions offshore rig employee wasn't exempt...

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Case Information

Case Title

Hewitt v. Helix Engy Solutions Grp

Case Number

19-20023

Court

Appellate - 5th Circuit

Nature of Suit

3710 Fair Labor Standards Act

Date Filed

January 10, 2019