Antero Resources Beats $1,000-Per-Day Consultant’s Overtime Suit

Drilling consultants who worked for Antero Resources Corp. aren’t entitled to overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act because they were guaranteed at least $1,000 a day and were therefore highly-compensated employees exempt from the law, a federal court in Colorado said.

The FLSA requires employees be paid overtime for each hour they work over 40 hours in a given week, but highly-compensated employees are exempt from that requirement. Federal regulations define highly-compensated employees as those who are paid at least $455 a week on a salary basis.

Scott Vincent is a drilling consultant who worked for Antero Resources ...