What a great standard for all big businesses! Haliburton’s Mission Statement: To rape the government and citizens of the U.S. by overcharging for services, negligent work, and services not provided, then fuck the employees you hire to further enhance your profits. I think Cheney wrote that…..

September 28 2006: 3:00 PM EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) — A federal judge in Texas ruled this week that oil field services company Halliburton Co. does not have to pay millions of dollars in overtime wages claimed by U.S. employees working in Iraq.

The five plaintiffs had filed the lawsuit last year charging Halliburton’s KBR engineering and construction unit violated the terms of its contract with the Pentagon by failing to pay them 1-1/2 times base pay for hours worked over 40 hours a week.

Many of Halliburton’s employees often worked as much as 100 hours per week under dangerous and difficult conditions, according to the complaint, but were not paid at the higher rate.

The five, who had sought class action status to include an estimated 20,000 and 40,000 employees who worked for KBR in Kuwait and Iraq, also argued the company had paid them too little by miscalculating their wages.

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