Occidental Petroleum Hit with Former Employee’s Labor Law Allegations

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A proposed class and collective action has been filed against Occidental Petroleum Corporation that claims the defendant misclassified some of its employees as independent contractors and denied them proper wages. The plaintiff allegedly worked for the defendant as a well site manager and was required to alternate between two seven-day workweeks of 12-hour shifts and one week off. He claims that he and other managers were not paid overtime wages for the hours they worked above 40 each week and were not permitted to take meal or rest breaks during their shifts. The suit further claims that the defendant violated California state laws by denying employees “double time” compensation for all hours worked over eight on the seventh day of work and all hours worked over 12 in one day.