pay because he was not paid a true salary under the Fair Labor Standards Act, teeing up a fight on a foundational principle of wage and hour law. The justices granted a petition by Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc. to review a September Fifth Circuit decision finding that an oil rig worker making over $200,000 was entitled to overtime because he was paid a day rate instead of on a salary basis. Notably, the case did not hinge on. . .

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