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Sonnier v. Recon Management Services Inc

  1. January 14, 2022

    Energy Staffing Co. Doesn't Owe OT To Highly Paid Workers

    Employees of an energy staffing company are highly paid, salaried workers exempt from receiving overtime, a Louisiana federal judge ruled Friday, dismissing the workers' suit alleging their employer owes them overtime pay because they were paid hourly rates.

  2. December 14, 2021

    Judge Says 5th Circ. Precedent Can't Revive Wage Suit Cert.

    A Louisiana federal judge is holding firm on his decision to decertify a collective of workers claiming an energy industry staffing company failed to properly pay them overtime, denying the group's motion for reconsideration on the grounds that a recent Fifth Circuit ruling supports their bid.

  3. September 07, 2021

    Energy Staffing Co. Wins Bid To Decertify Collective In OT Suit

    A group of workers for an energy industry staffing company cannot move forward as a collective, a Louisiana federal judge found Tuesday, saying the opt-in plaintiffs held different jobs and cannot prove they were subject to the same overtime-exempt policy.

  4. August 04, 2021

    Staffing Firm Workers Fight Decert. Bid Over OT

    A group of workers for an energy industry staffing firm said they should remain a collective because they were victims of the same overtime-exempt policy, urging a Louisiana federal court to deny the company's "parades of horribles" bid to decertify them.

  5. January 28, 2021

    3 Takeaways From The 5th Circ. Shift In Certifying FLSA Cases

    Settlements in Fair Labor Standards Act collective actions are likely to be a lot smaller and cover fewer workers following a recent Fifth Circuit ruling that reshaped the test for certifying representative actions, wage and hour attorneys told Law360.