{"id":3158,"date":"2021-03-05T10:41:42","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T15:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/?p=3158"},"modified":"2021-03-05T10:41:48","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T15:41:48","slug":"dcs-all-american-sued-for-unpaid-ot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/dcs-all-american-sued-for-unpaid-ot\/","title":{"rendered":"DCS All American Sued For Unpaid OT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>DCS, a\u00a0Texas based third party\u00a0vendor providing services to companies in the oil and gas industry, has been sued for unpaid wages.\u00a0Affected employees that brought this lawsuit forward include\u00a0Day Rate Employees for the company\u00a0that\u00a0have alleged that they have not been properly paid for all hours worked as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act (\u201cFLSA\u201d) resulting in unpaid overtime. This lawsuit seeks to recover overtime pay for all current and former day rate employees who provided services on behalf of DCS who were classified as independent contractors and paid a day rate during the last three years.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Specifically, the collective action lawsuit alleges that Day Rate Employees regularly worked in excess of 40 hours per week but did not receive any overtime pay for these hours worked over 40. Instead of paying overtime as required by the FLSA, DCS improperly classified Day Rate Employees and those similarly situated as independent contractors and paid them a daily rate with no overtime compensation. This lawsuit claims that these workers should have been classified as employees of the company instead of independent contractors due to the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022\u00a0DCS had direct control over Day Rate Employees\u2019 day- to-day activities providing them daily instructions and job assignments.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Companies that DCS contracted with provide Day Rate Employees with the equipment they required to do their jobs.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Day Rate Employees are wholly economically dependent on the company, as they only receive payment for days that they work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Day Rate Employees do not incur operating expenses like rent, payroll, marketing, and insurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022\u00a0The services rendered by Day Rate Employees are an integral part of Defendant\u2019s businesses of oil and gas production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite having substantial custody and control over Day Rate Employees and being their employer, DCS misclassified them as independent contractors to avoid paying overtime compensation.This lawsuit is brought on behalf of all similarly situated current and former Day Rate Employees who elect to opt-in to this action pursuant to the FLSA to remedy violations of the wage-and-hour provisions of the FLSA by Defendant that has deprived Plaintiff and similarly situated employees of their lawfully earned wages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have worked for this company\u00a0specifically or in a similar position\u00a0in\u00a0the oil and gas industry\u00a0as a whole, you may have claims for owed wages. Call our employment law firm, Fitapelli &amp; Schaffer, LLP, for a free and confidential consultation at (212) 300-0375\u00a0or visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/Fslawfirm.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a> for additional information.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also view the filed complaint <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DCS-Filed-Complaint.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\nDCS, a\u00a0Texas based third party\u00a0vendor providing services to companies in the oil and gas industry, has been sued for unpaid wages.\u00a0Affected employees that brought this lawsuit forward include\u00a0Day Rate Employees for the company\u00a0that\u00a0have alleged that they have not been properly paid for all hours worked as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act (\u201cFLSA\u201d) resulting in unpaid overtime. 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