Dallas, TX: Several technical services workers have filed a federal lawsuit against The Woodlands, Texas-based Moody International Americas, Inc, over claims that the company required them to work in excess of 40 hours each week without paying overtime compensation as required by federal law.
The Fair Labor Standards Act class-action lawsuit was filed on behalf of current and former Moody International employees John Williams, Herbert "Jay" Fontenot and Tye Adair. Mr. Williams, of Lubbock, Texas, works for Moody International as a pipeline inspector. His pay records show he often works 100 or more hours each week including one week when he worked 160 hours. The federal Fair Labor Standards Act mandates that employers pay overtime to non-exempt hourly employees who work more than 40 hours per week at a rate equal to one-and-a-half times their regular straight-time pay rate. Mr. Fontenot and Mr. Adair worked as inspectors and technicians for the company, and have asserted similar claims. Moody has thousands of technical workers in the US, so it could be that these three claims are just the tip of the iceberg.
Moody International is a subsidiary of UK-based Moody International Limited, which provides services to companies in oil and gas, power, mining and other industries.
