5th Circuit: Daily Rate Pay Is Not The Same As A Salary Under Regulation

Mealey's (May 6, 2020, 11:39 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. Labor Department’s regulation concerning a “salary basis” issued under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) may not to be applied to an oil rig employee who is paid a daily rate, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled April 20, revisiting the issue raised but not decided in Faludi v. U.S. Shale Sols. (Michael J. Hewitt v. Helix Energy Solutions Group, Incorporated, et al., No. 19-20023, 5th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 12554)....