Collapsing crude oil prices are starting to force layoffs in the oil and gas sector. Although job cuts are inevitable as commodity prices dip, terminated oilfield employees who work for larger companies are still legally entitled to certain protections—such as advance written notice—when they are dismissed as part of mass layoffs.
The Dallas law firm of Baron and Budd is representing a number of such former drilling rig workers who were employed by Houston-based Patterson-UTI Drilling Co.—which is a subsidiary of Patterson-UTI Energy—in Mercer v. Patterson-UTI Drilling, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division on Feb. 6. The plaintiffs claim that the company failed to give proper written notice to them before they were laid off from their jobs. The plaintiffs worked at Patterson Drilling facilities in Midland, Texas; Dickinson, Texas; and North Dakota, according to a statement on the firm’s website.
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