March 22, 2022
Two former oil drilling consultants on Tuesday dropped a proposed class action filed against their ex-employer in New Mexico federal court over claims that the company withheld overtime from workers by misclassifying them as independent contractors.
February 17, 2021
An oil and gas company has urged a New Mexico federal judge to toss workers' proposed overtime class action, arguing their "puzzling" and "vague" claims about their employee status are meritless.
December 17, 2020
An oil and gas exploration company with wells in New Mexico misclassified drilling consultants as independent contractors and failed to pay overtime when they worked as many as 100 hours a week, the workers alleged in a lawsuit in federal court.