On November 12, 2015, a class action lawsuit was filed against global oilfield services company, MudTech Services, alleging that the company did not pay overtime wages as required by law. A former MudTech employee has filed the lawsuit individually and on behalf of all other MudTech employees who claim that they were not paid overtime wages. The suit was filed in the Pittsburgh Division of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Specifically, the lawsuit alleges that MudTech violated the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act, the Ohio Minimum Fair Wage Standards Act and the Ohio Prompt Pay Act. According to the lawsuit, the class action representative worked for MudTech as a solids control consultant from 2014 through June of 2015. During this time, he alleges that he was regularly made to work 12-hour shifts, seven days per week. MudTech allegedly classified employees as independent contractors in order to avoid paying them the legally required overtime premium for
http://www.discrimlaw.net/2016/01/11/philadelphia-employment-lawyers-mudtech-overtime-lawsuit/
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