Walling v. Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

Walling v. Helmerich & Payne, Inc, 323 U.S. 37 (1944), is a US labor law case, concerning the minimum wage.

Walling v. Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 17, 1944 Decided November 6, 1944
Full case name	Walling v. Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
Citations	323 U.S. 37 (more) 65 S. Ct. 11; 89 L. Ed. 29
Case history
Prior	138 F.2d 705 (10th Cir. 1943); cert. granted, 321 U.S. 759 (1944).
Holding
Contracts of employment providing for the computation of compensation on the so-called Poxon or split-day plan do not conform to the requirements of § 7(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Court membership
Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone Associate Justices Owen Roberts · Hugo Black Stanley F. Reed · Felix Frankfurter William O. Douglas · Frank Murphy Robert H. Jackson · Wiley B. Rutledge
Case opinion
Majority	Murphy, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938

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

• United States labor law

External links

• Text of Walling v. Helmerich & Payne, Inc., 323 U.S. 37 (1944) is available from: Justia Library of Congress