There’s a new player in the oil patch: the U.S. Department of Labor. Although few folks are taking a hard look at this development, everyone should. Even in-house counsel who work outside the energy industry can learn from the industry’s new experience with the DOL.
Back in December 2012, the DOL’s wage-and-hour enforcement arm issued a mostly unnoticed press release about the latest “multiyear enforcement initiative.” It targets companies that handle pieces of the fracking process in the Marcellus Shale. Then, the DOL audits started.
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