Federal Wage Law’s Retaliation Protections Debated at 3rd Cir.

A federal appellate court in Philadelphia seemed open to allowing a worker to sue an oil and gas outfit for allegedly refusing to hire him because he was a putative member in a wage-and-hour collective action, although he hadn’t yet opted into the lawsuit.

A Biden administration attorney joined the worker’s lawyer in oral argument Wednesday to press the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to revive the worker’s retaliation claims against Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. and its subsidiary GasSearch Drilling Services Corp.

The case gives the Third Circuit the chance to expand the scope of the ...