June 22, 2023
The Fifth Circuit backed an oil drilling company's win over an engineer seeking to recover unpaid overtime wages, finding that the engineer's regular duties required technical expertise and he was paid a salary, making him overtime-exempt.
March 24, 2023
An oil drilling company urged the Fifth Circuit to uphold its lower court win over an engineer seeking overtime wages, arguing that bonuses paid on top of the worker's salary did erase his status as an exempt salaried professional under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
January 20, 2023
An oil company cannot claim a federal exemption to avoid paying installation engineers overtime because their work was nonexempt, two former employees told the Fifth Circuit, urging the appeals court to flip a district court's decision in the company's favor.