State Wage Law Doesn't Cover Offshore Rigs, High Court Says - McDermott Will & Emery

State Wage Law Doesn’t Cover Offshore Rigs, High Court Says

Overview


Ron Holland and Ellen Bronchetti represent an oil industry company in a wage-and-hour lawsuit. In a unanimous decision, the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of the client, finding that state wage-and-hour laws do not apply to workers on an oil drilling platform off the coast of California.