The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division recently conducted an investigation into the Texas and New Mexico oil and gas sector that led to 241 oil well service workers being paid a total of $1.5 million—$750,000 in back wages and an additional equal amount in liquidated damages.
Nova Mud Inc., Nova Hardbanding and Nova Sand agreed to pay the workers as a result of the Department of Labor’s investigation determining that the three commonly owned and operated businesses violated overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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