August 23, 2023
After major wage rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court and California Supreme Court, the cases have continued to play out in lower courts, where attorneys are watching for developments. Here, Law360 explores the status of four major cases that have returned to lower courts after changing the employment law landscape.
May 02, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it will weigh in on whether an oil rig worker earning six figures is entitled to overtime pay because he was not paid a true salary under the Fair Labor Standards Act, teeing up a fight on a foundational principle of wage and hour law.
December 20, 2021
The final days of 2021 are a good time to review the year's top wage and hour rulings. From independent contractor classification to procedures for litigating collective actions, here are six court decisions that made an impact.
September 10, 2021
The en banc Fifth Circuit has determined that a highly paid rig worker is entitled to overtime compensation, agreeing with a December panel ruling and rejecting arguments from the energy industry that its economic vitality depends on the opposite result.
May 25, 2021
The full Fifth Circuit was told during oral arguments on Tuesday morning that it should follow two earlier panel rulings finding a highly paid rig worker is entitled to overtime compensation in a case where the energy industry has argued its economic vitality depends on finding that those workers are overtime-exempt.
May 13, 2021
The Independent Petroleum Association of America urged the Fifth Circuit to rule that a highly paid rig worker is not entitled to overtime, arguing that the industry's economic vitality hinges on day rate workers remaining exempt.
April 23, 2021
Mississippi and four other states said the Fifth Circuit would inflict "violence" on the Fair Labor Standards Act if it ruled that an oil rig worker is entitled to overtime pay by virtue of how he is paid and despite the fact that he meets the executive overtime exemption under federal law.
April 09, 2021
An oil rig worker told the full Fifth Circuit that he is entitled to overtime wages because the flat day rate he was paid does not constitute a salary that would exempt his employer from requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
March 09, 2021
The full Fifth Circuit will revisit a panel majority ruling that workers generally cannot be exempt from overtime if they are paid a flat daily rate, the appeals court said Tuesday.
September 09, 2020
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 from overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act.