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The Southeast Record reported on a lawsuit claiming that a Texas service technician was not paid overtime for travel time, resulting in hundreds of missed dollars on his paychecks.
Dale Little filed suit in the Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division, claiming that his rights were violated under the Fair Labor Standards Act. U.S. District Judge Michael H. Schneider is overseeing the case.
The FLSA mandates that all non-exempt workers should be paid one and a half times their regular hourly rate for their hours worked over 40 in one week. According to Little’s lawsuit, the oil worker’s employer, Technical Specialty Products, was not paying time and a half for the time it took Little to travel to and from job sites. Little typically worked an average of 55 hours each week.
The FLSA also mandates that workers should be paid for their travel time from site to site, even if it is overtime pay.
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