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For oil and gas companies, rigging involves wages too
2014-09-29 09:51:22| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A ProPublica review of U.S. Department of Labor investigations shows that oil and gas workers - men and women often performing high-risk jobs - are routinely being underpaid, and the companies hiring them often are using accounting techniques to deny workers benefits such as medical leave or unemployment insurance. The DOL investigations have centered on what is known as worker "misclassification," an accounting gambit whereby companies treat full time employees as independent contractors paid hourly wages, and then fail to make good on their obligations.
Oil and Gas Regional Seminar & Expo
2014-09-26 17:14:08| oilandgasonline Home Page
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Wage theft rife in oil and gas industry cheats workers out of millions
2014-09-26 10:00:04| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
As my colleague Laura Clawson has repeatedly reported, wage theft is one of the nation's major rip-offs. Employers steal from fast-food employees and software engineers and Amazon warehouse workers.
Why stagnant oil and gas prices don't worry T. Boone Pickens
2014-09-25 14:35:19| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
U.S. oil and gas prices are lower than shale producers would like right now, but famed Dallas energy financier T. Boone Pickens told a Houston audience that he sees the American energy boom continuing for many years to come and maybe another three decades or so. Pickens, who spoke at a panel with former Houston Mayor Bill White and others, said the oil and gas industry should receive more credit for the improving U.S. economy that has helped to stabilize global energy prices.
Gas Monitoring Systems for the Oil & Gas Industry
2014-09-23 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
The Oil Gas Industry is composed of three major components: upstream, midstream and downstream. The upstream industry finds and produces crude oil and natural gas. The midstream industry processes, stores, markets and transports commodities such as crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids. The downstream industry includes the oil refineries, petrochemical plants, petroleum product distributors and natural gas distribution companies. All of these operations contain many processes that ...This story is related to the following:Gas Monitors |
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