All sides agreed that the plaintiff was performing executive work.
Everyone on an off shore oil rig works a 12 hour day, 7-14 days in a row.
The plain language of the Fair Labor Standards Act says the plaintiff was exempt from overtime.
The plaintiff was paid $963 per 12 hour shift.
If this decision stands, employers will simply adjust the numbers to make 8 hours + 4 OT Hours = $963.
In the meantime, USA employers will be on the hook for billions of dollars of unpaid overtime.
SCOTUS has no business determining private sector remunerations.
It just means a greater push for automation wherever it can be done.
One thing is for certain, none of these justices have never been in the oilfield or around a drilling rig.
After reading the full article it appears this company’s method of payment for this employee opened them up to this - they were not paying him a straight annual salary.
He may get his overtime but he should never work in the oilfield again. I won’t even wish him good luck.
The company is stupid for htis not being a salaried job.
Work in the oilfield was once from can to can’t go anymore. Can’t say about now. Most of us who have worked rigs in just about any capacity above driller have pulled three day marathons with cat naps.