Chesapeake Energy Corporation, One Other Drilled with Wage and Hour Lawsuit

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Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Inc. and Chesapeake Energy Marketing, LLC are facing a former employee’s proposed class/collective action that claims the defendants misclassified him as an independent contractor and failed to pay him proper overtime wages. The plaintiff says he worked for the petroleum and natural gas production enterprise as a contractor between January 2014 and January 2016 and was paid a fixed daily rate regardless of how many hours he worked, which he says totaled more than 40 during most weeks. He argues that the defendants controlled all aspects of his job, didn’t require him to undergo any specialized training, and demanded that he adhere to their policies and procedures, which, according to the case, are just a few of many reasons he should have been considered an employee.

The plaintiff claims that as a result of his alleged misclassification, the defendants unlawfully denied him time-and-a-half overtime wages for the hours he worked in excess of 40 each week, as required under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).