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November 01, 2005
Halliburton Sued for Back Wages and Salaries by Iraq Workers
It's a complaint I hear repeatedly from disgruntled workers returning home from Iraq. Employees working for Halliburton's subsidiary, KBR, frequently tell me they were stiffed on their paychecks and didn't get paid what they were promised.
Now there's a class action lawsuit seeked to resolve the complaints on behalf of employees saying they are sometimes owed up to $50,000 in back wages while working in support of the U.S. military under Halliburton's massive $10 billion-and-growing LOGCAP III contract. (My math tells me it's nearing the $20 billion mark.)
Filed Oct. 31, in Federal District Court, (Fifth Circuit, Harris County), the lawsuit contends that Halliburton fails to pay employees for all hours actually worked and that the company performs incorrect calculations of employees' straight pay as stated by employment agreements. There also are disputes about holiday and overtime pay.
The law firm representing the case recently placed an ad in Stars and Stripes last week seeking claimants and the response has already drawn hundreds of inquiries from KBR workers according to attorney Vincent Howard with Lopez, Hodes, Restaino, Milman & Skikos in San Diego.
Howard thinks he soon will be representing thousands of workers.
Posted by davidphinney at November 1, 2005 03:52 AM
Comments
We were only getting paid hazard pay and other incentives only on the first 40 hrs worked per week, so the other hrs worked per week were only paid at the regular pay rate, no overtime. We all have heard that halliburton was being paid hazard pay and other incentives for all employee hours worked, not just for 40 per week like we have been getting paid.
Posted by: Howard L Mettler Jr at November 27, 2005 11:03 AM
How do I get more info on this action,
Rex: check this link:
http://www.lopezhodes.com/wstv/halliburton.php
Posted by: Rex Michael at February 20, 2006 11:29 PM
I agree, how do I get involved in this lawsuit?
Posted by: David Meredith at June 16, 2006 01:22 PM
I would like some more information on this. and also since january we have been promised an extra 20 % differential in pay that congress has passed all the companies in afghanistan are getting it why aren't we ?
Posted by: Jason Yocum at July 25, 2006 10:30 PM
We finally received the 75% uplift in Iraq. But, to correct the pay adjustment KBR has lowered the base pay by 10-20%. Net result, you will be making less than the person you replace!
Posted by: Mr. X at August 10, 2006 04:45 AM
Your site was so interesting and informative I had to call a friend to tell her about it. Great work.
Posted by: Welop at January 7, 2007 09:10 AM
I WAS NEEDING TO FIND A GOOD LAWYER THAT DEALS WITH THE KBR LAWSUIT.I WORKED FOR KBR/LSI AND
I WANT TO GET MY BACK PAY.PLEASE HELP ME,THANKS
Posted by: GLYNN PRIDE at October 30, 2007 12:52 PM
I WAS NEEDING TO FIND A GOOD LAWYER THAT DEALS WITH THE KBR LAWSUIT.I WORKED FOR KBR/LSI AND
I WANT TO GET MY BACK PAY.PLEASE HELP ME,THANKS
MY PHONE # IS 806-383-0992.
Posted by: GLYNN PRIDE at October 30, 2007 12:54 PM
Who is the acting law firm with this I was in afghanistan
Posted by: Rick Stuksa at October 31, 2007 01:44 PM
Please send me the info on employees working for KBR in the Logcap III & Logcap IV in Kuwait that are seeking representation for lost of overtime wages in Kuwait. Although, KBR does pay overtime sometimes, but its the very minimum. So if they can pay sometimes for training, processing paperwork and meetings, etc- they should be able to for all hours instead of a portion of it.
Posted by: jamison at December 15, 2007 04:37 AM
I HAVE BEEN WITH KBR FOR YEAR AND A HALF AND ALL THIS IS TRUE CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME INFO. I SURE COULD USE THE MONEY FOR MY KIDS.
Posted by: JASON RIKER at January 24, 2008 04:40 AM