Oil and Gas Company Beats Ex-Workers’ Overtime Lawsuit on Appeal

Two former Schlumberger Technology Corp. workers were exempt from the FLSA’s overtime provision because their administrative and advisory duties qualified them as highly compensated employees of the oil and gas services company, the Fifth Circuit said.

A district court erred by ruling John Gilchrist and Byron Brockman were wrongly denied overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said Monday in a per curiam opinion, reversing the ex-workers’ bench trial win. The Fifth Circuit reversed the lower court’s judgment in the workers’ favor and remanded with instructions for dismissal.

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