Oilfield Workers Represented by Nichols Kaster, PLLP Lodge Overtime Action Against SandRidge Energy, Inc.

    OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, September 04, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- On September 2, 2015, a former workover completions consultant filed a lawsuit in the Western District Court of Oklahoma seeking overtime pay from for SandRidge Energy, Inc. ("SandRidge"). He brought the case on behalf himself of all other similarly situated workers nationwide who were paid a day rate and no additional overtime premium. Plaintiff's complaint alleges that SandRidge unlawfully classified these workers as independent contractors, and failed to pay them an overtime premium in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The lawsuit seeks overtime premiums, plus double damages.

SandRidge is an oil and natural gas company, with its principal focus on exploration and production activities in the Mid-Continent region of the United States. SandRidge and its subsidiaries also own and operate gas gathering and processing facilities, saltwater disposal, and electrical infrastructure facilities. Sandridge owns more 1.85 million acres of leasehold and maintains 11,000 drilling locations in northern Oklahoma and southern Kansas.

Plaintiff's attorney Michele Fisher stated, "SandRidge exerted significant control over these workers and demanded they work long hours in the field for weeks at a time. By misclassifying them as independent contractors, Sandridge denied them overtime premiums and other benefits and protections employees should receive. Through this lawsuit, we seek to get them paid the overtime premiums provided by law."

Plaintiffs are represented by Michele R. Fisher and Alex M. Baggio from Nichols Kaster, PLLP in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Leah Roper and Mark Hammons from Hammons, Gowens, Hurst & Associates, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

The case is entitled, Peck et al. v. SandRidge Energy, Inc.. Case No 5:15-cv-00950 (Western District of Oklahoma).

Additional information about how to make a claim in the case may be found at www.nka.com or by calling Nichols Kaster, PLLP toll free at (877) 448-0492.

Nichols Kaster is a nationally recognized plaintiffs firm that focuses on representing employees and consumers whose rights have been violated. The firm was selected as a member of the National Law Journal's Litigation Boutiques Hot List, ranked as a Best Law Firm by U.S. News & World Report, selected as a top plaintiffs' employment law firm by Law360 and named one the top 50 Elite Trial Lawyers by The National Law Journal and Law.com.

The firm is led by its partners, who are regularly selected by their peers as Super Lawyers, and sit on the boards of numerous professional organizations, including the National Association of Employment Lawyers, the ABA Fair Labor Standards Legislation Committee and the Council for the Minnesota State Bar Association's Consumer Litigation Section.

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