Schlumberger Lands Early Appeal Permission in Overtime Dispute

Schlumberger Technology Corp. can ask an appeals court to take an early look at its bid to claim an overtime exemption for salaried workers after a federal judge identified more than a dozen questions for review.

The company says it doesn’t owe overtime to former oilfield drilling workers thanks to a Fair Labor Standards Act carveout for highly compensated employees.
Schlumberger has leave to seek interlocutory input from the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on its proposed use of the exemption thanks to the “continuing shifting legal landscape” around the carveout, the US District Court for the ...