In a Lone Star State federal court, a class action has been ignited, revealing startling claims against the Texas fuel trucking giant, Reliant Field Services Inc. Allegations swirl that the company strategically misclassified blue-collar workers as salaried, orchestrating an elaborate scheme to sidestep legal obligations for overtime pay.
Texas Trucking Co Skimped On Overtime Pay : Dispatchers in the Legal Crosshairs
Holden Tanner, the whistleblower at the center of this legal maelstrom, contends that Reliant intentionally flouted the Fair Labor Standards Act. He asserts that the company unlawfully withheld overtime payments from certain dispatchers, disguising their roles as salaried when, in fact, their duties mirrored those of hourly dispatchers legally entitled to overtime compensation.
Unmasking the Workload Disguise
Dispatchers at Reliant, responsible for the transport of crude oil, fuel, and gas across Texas and neighboring states, allegedly found themselves entangled in a web of deception. Despite handling tasks directly linked to the company’s production, they were unjustly stripped of overtime pay entitlement. Tanner exposes the perplexing paradox: managerial responsibilities were never shouldered by dispatchers, yet they endured workweeks stretching between 50 to 90 hours.
Texas Trucking Co Skimped On Overtime Pay : Legal Jousting in the Lone Star State
“Reliant applied this pay practice despite clear and controlling law that states the routine duties performed by plaintiff and putative collective members consisted of nonexempt work,” Tanner declared, poised to lead the proposed class.
