Chevron subsidiaries in California, Texas to pay $1.5m in overtime back wages
Staff Writer |
An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found that three subsidiaries of Chevron Corporation violated the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime provisions.
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Chevron subsidiaries they failed to pay hourly field operators for the hours they worked during mandatory pre-shift relief meetings, where they turned over their duties to employees on the next shift.
Investigators found Chevron Products Company in San Ramon, Chevron Pipeline Company in Bellaire, Texas and Chevron North America Exploration and Production Company in Houston, failed to pay workers fully.
The division announced that Chevron will pay more than $750,000 in overtime back wages and an equal, additional amount in damages to the affected workers.
The investigation also identified record keeping violations as the company failed to record accurately the number of hours employees worked.
Since 2012, the division has concluded more than 1,000 investigations nationally and recovered more than $41.5 million in back wages for more than 29,000 employees in an initiative focused on oil and gas and related industries.
As part of its shift toward industry-based enforcement strategies, the division’s ongoing education and enforcement initiative seeks to improve oil and gas industry compliance focusing resources where data shows violations are common and business models lend themselves to violations.
Based in San Ramon, Chevron is one of the world’s leading integrated energy companies. Its subsidiaries conduct business worldwide in virtually every facet of the energy industry. ■
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