Workers’ Overtime Suit Against Schlumberger Headed to Trial

Schlumberger Technology Corp. workers can proceed with a proposed collective action against the the oilfield services company, a federal court said, denying Schlumberger’s motion for summary judgment and vowing to move the years-old case forward at a faster clip.

Ex-employees sued under the Fair Labor Standards Act for unpaid overtime wages. Schlumberger argued they weren’t entitled to overtime protections because they were “highly compensated employees,” an FLSA exemption for workers who are paid a certain amount on a “salary or fee basis” and perform certain duties, the court said.

The workers were paid through a “combination of a weekly salary ...