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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's personal chauffeur is suing him for "thousands of hours of unpaid overtime"
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/trumps-personal-chauffeur-suing/
President Donald Trumps personal chauffeur is suing him. Noel Cintron, who has served the real estate mogul for 25 years, has filed suit against Trump claiming thousands of hours of unpaid overtime. He also says Trump eliminated his health insurance.
Cintron just sued the Trump Organization for about 3,300 of overtime that he says he worked in the past six years. Hes not allowed to sue for overtime prior to that due to the statute of limitations, Bloomberg reports.
In his complaint, Cintron says he was required to be on duty for Trump starting at 7 a.m. each day until whenever Trump, his family or business associates no longer required his services. He worked as long as 55 hours per week, but was paid a fixed salary of $62,700 in 2003, $68,000 in 2006, and $75,000 in 2010.
He received just two raises over the past six years, but his 2010 raise came with a catch, Cintron said. He was induced to surrender his health insurance, saving Trump approximately $17,866 per year in premiums, according to the lawsuit.
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Trump's personal chauffeur is suing him for "thousands of hours of unpaid overtime" (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Jul 2018
OP
It just amazes me that an alleged billionaire would nickel and dime his employees.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jul 2018
#2
A lot of rich people are very cheap. Some would take a dollar out of a dead person's hand.
Blue_true
Jul 2018
#6
I'd bet they kept promising it to him. And it probably was a pretty good job.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jul 2018
#8
Sneederbunk
(14,290 posts)1. Cintron helping make America great again.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,692 posts)2. It just amazes me that an alleged billionaire would nickel and dime his employees.
Of course, maybe he isn't really a billionaire at all, some people say.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)6. A lot of rich people are very cheap. Some would take a dollar out of a dead person's hand.
Just how some of them role.
triron
(22,003 posts)3. Pile it on him. He needs to be buried!
treestar
(82,383 posts)4. Gee I wonder if he ended up using the ACA?
And why not quit as soon as it was obvious no OT was being paid?
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)7. Most rich people keep their drivers.
Him finding another job is not easy. For security reasons, once a driver pans out, the smart people retain and treat the driver well. Trump is just a cheap, greedy, corrosive person.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,692 posts)8. I'd bet they kept promising it to him. And it probably was a pretty good job.
What might have pushed him over the edge was when they took away his health insurance to offset his raise.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)5. Just another person that deadbeat screwed. nt
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)9. He'll have to take a ticket and stand in line.
Along with all the others who worked for Trumpco and got shafted.
He could write a tell-all book. He's probably heard many conversations.
brooklynite
(94,553 posts)10. ...and he was stupid enough to keep signing on.....
Orsino
(37,428 posts)11. Dude, just wait until he comes back from the Putin summit with more money. n/t