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''Walling v. Helmerich & Payne, Inc'', 323 U.S. 37 (1944), is a
US labor law United States labor law sets the rights and duties for employees, labor unions, and employers in the United States. Labor law's basic aim is to remedy the "inequality of bargaining power" between employees and employers, especially employers "org ...
case, concerning the minimum wage.


Facts

The employer, Helmerich and Payne Inc had the practice of paying workers more in the second half of the day than the first, so that overtime on weekends was calculated to the lower rate (clocked premiums) and could not be premium pay, so as to keep wages for overtime the average.


Judgment

Justice Murphy, writing for the majority, held that clock premiums or rolled up pay cannot be treated as premium pay.


See also

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United States labor law United States labor law sets the rights and duties for employees, labor unions, and employers in the United States. Labor law's basic aim is to remedy the "inequality of bargaining power" between employees and employers, especially employers "org ...


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* {{caselaw source , case = ''Walling v. Helmerich & Payne, Inc.'', {{ussc, 323, 37, 1944, el=no , justia =https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/323/37/ , loc =http://cdn.loc.gov/service/ll/usrep/usrep323/usrep323037/usrep323037.pdf United States labor case law United States Supreme Court cases United States Supreme Court cases of the Stone Court 1944 in United States case law