Oilfield Worker Claims Rubicon, Tercel Owe Unpaid Overtime

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Rubicon Oilfield International Holdings, LLC and Tercel Oilfield Products USA, LLC are facing a former employee’s claims that he was misclassified by the companies as exempt from receiving overtime wages.

The plaintiff says he worked for Rubicon, which acquired Tercel in May 2016, as a frac plug technician/field service technician. According to the lawsuit, the man performed non-exempt manual labor duties, including “rigging up, maintaining, operating, and rigging down oilfield equipment in order to place ‘frac plugs’ into the well.” The case argues that the plaintiff’s position required that he adhere to strict policies and procedures, yet called for no specialized academic training nor included any managerial duties. The man's job did not fall under any Fair Labor Standards Act exemptions for overtime pay, the suit alleges.

The plaintiff says he was paid a salary and bonus at his regular pay rate yet did not receive proper time-and-a-half overtime wages despite working approximately 84 hours per week.