The Suit is filed in:
United States district court
Western district of Louisiana
Lafayette division
However, I worked in Pennsylvania
Hi all,
I recently got mail from a lawsuit filed against Sch-lumberger (I was an employee for ~18 months). The mail was asking if I was interested in "becoming a party plaintiff" with an attached consent form.
The gist of it is, in the job I worked at least 85 hours a week (often more) and $chlumberger had a pay system by the day. From my understanding the suit claims this is a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, a federal law that requires overtime pay to certain employees.
The question I have:
1. I know it is illegal to discriminate against hiring me in the future for participating in this lawsuit BUT, would my professional career be tainted if I signed up?
e.g. Would I be able to work in the oilfield in the future? Another industry? Would the company (my previous employer) still provide me a reference?
2. Is this ethical? I agreed to do the job for what they agreed to pay me for, even though there was no "overtime" after 40 hours? (more of an opinion question obviously)
I have 30 days to respond and I am still undecided on what to do. I got good advice last time I was here. Thoughts?
United States district court
Western district of Louisiana
Lafayette division
However, I worked in Pennsylvania
Hi all,
I recently got mail from a lawsuit filed against Sch-lumberger (I was an employee for ~18 months). The mail was asking if I was interested in "becoming a party plaintiff" with an attached consent form.
The gist of it is, in the job I worked at least 85 hours a week (often more) and $chlumberger had a pay system by the day. From my understanding the suit claims this is a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, a federal law that requires overtime pay to certain employees.
The question I have:
1. I know it is illegal to discriminate against hiring me in the future for participating in this lawsuit BUT, would my professional career be tainted if I signed up?
e.g. Would I be able to work in the oilfield in the future? Another industry? Would the company (my previous employer) still provide me a reference?
2. Is this ethical? I agreed to do the job for what they agreed to pay me for, even though there was no "overtime" after 40 hours? (more of an opinion question obviously)
I have 30 days to respond and I am still undecided on what to do. I got good advice last time I was here. Thoughts?
Workers Compensation Issues: Becoming a Plaintiff in Unpaid Overtime Lawsuit (Class Action, Oilfield)
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