U.S. High Court Hears Arguments On Wage Law For Outer Continental Shelf

Mealey's (April 16, 2019, 2:32 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The California state wage-and-hour law can’t be borrowed as federal law on the Outer Continental Shelf pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) as there is no gap in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), an attorney representing Parker Drilling Management Services Ltd. argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on April 16 (Parker Drilling Management Services, Ltd. v. Brian Newton, No. 18-389, U.S. Sup.)....