Strad Energy Services Drilled with Worker’s Wage and Hour Suit

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Strad Energy Services USA Ltd. is facing claims that it misclassified its solids control technicians as independent contractors and denied them premium overtime pay. In a proposed class and collective action, a worker claims he and other technicians would regularly spend more than 40 hours per week performing mostly manual labor – specifically, separating drilling fluid from solids – and were paid a day rate that didn’t include time-and-a-half wages for the hours they worked above 40.

The man argues that the defendant controlled “all aspects of his job,” including his hours, job locations, tools used, and rates of pay. On top of that, the suit alleges workers were required to adhere to clients’ policies and procedures and were not permitted to perform jobs for other companies while working for the defendant. The case argues that in light of these requirements, the defendant should have classified its workers as employees and granted them Fair Labor Standards Act protections, including overtime pay.