Oil-Rig Workers Win Arbitration Award
A Houston-based oil well maintenance firm that failed to allow employee lunch breaks and pay travel costs was ordered to pay $26.5 million to 2,649 workers.
Workers covered by the class-action lawsuit filed against Nabors Well Services will get $5,000 to $50,000 each under the arbitrator’s decision, plaintiffs’ attorney Daniel Palay said. A telephone message left for a Nabors spokeswoman wasn’t returned.
Nabors repairs, cleans and maintains oil rigs owned by other companies in the hills of Ventura County, Palay said. The ruling also applies to workers who serviced rigs in Santa Maria, Calif., Bakersfield, Long Beach and Los Angeles, he said.
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