TYLER, Texas — A group of welders employed by Nabors Industries Inc. of Houston filed suit against their employer for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The plaintiffs are suing their employer on behalf of a putative class and are seeking liquidated and punitive damages. The class includes individuals who worked for Nabors […]
HOUSTON — A group of call center workers have settled their overtime suit against APAC Customer Management, Inc., which is owned by Expert Global Solutions Inc., for $3.5 million. The call center workers alleged that the company misclassified them as exempt from overtime wages in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Illinois […]
DALLAS — The plaintiffs in an overtime lawsuit filed against Native Oilfield Service LLC were awarded approximately 3.7 million dollars by a jury after a trial in federal court. The plaintiffs are drivers employed by Native Oilfield Services, a pressure-pumping company, who represented a class of 104 other current and former drivers who delivered sand to […]
SAN ANTONIO — Two exotic dancers for Tiffany’s Cabaret in Texas have taken their overtime pay lawsuit to trial recently. After a three-day trial, jurors awarded the two dancers $250,000 in back wages and liquidated damages. Other Tiffany’s dancers have a separate class action overtime pay claim against the company in federal court, as well. […]
HOUSTON — OneSource Building Technologies, Inc. is facing a potential collective action overtime pay lawsuit in Texas federal court. The lawsuit, brought by a former field technician, claims the company violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) when it misclassified its field technicians as independent contractors, instead of as employees. OneSource also allegedly failed to […]
DALLAS — Nurses in Texas received conditional certification in their class action overtime pay lawsuit. The nurses claim the Willowbrook and San Jacinto branches of the Methodist Hospital’s Texas Medical Center violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) through improper deductions and denial of duty-free meal breaks. The proposed class is expected to include nurses […]