Trump's Personal Driver for 25 Years Sues for Unpaid Overtime

Trump’s Personal Driver for 25 Years Sues for Unpaid Overtime
By Christie Smythe
and Chris Dolmetsch
July 9, 2018, 11:05 AM EDT Updated on July 9, 2018, 12:21 PM EDT

Noel Cintron says he’s owed 3,300 hours in back pay for years
Wage bump in 2010 came with a catch, loss of health insurance


Donald Trump’s personal driver for more than 25 years says the billionaire real estate developer didn’t pay him overtime and raised his salary only twice in 15 years, clawing back the second raise by cutting off his health benefits.

Noel Cintron, who is listed in public records as a registered Republican, sued the Trump Organization for about 3,300 hours of overtime that he says he worked in the past six years. He’s not allowed to sue for overtime prior to that due to the statute of limitations.

“In an utterly callous display of unwarranted privilege and entitlement and without even a minimal sense of noblesse oblige,” Trump and his businesses exploited the driver, Cintron says in the complaint.

The driver’s allegations echo those of other Trump employees or contractors who have sued the president or his businesses over the years claiming he has underpaid them or failed to honor promises to compensate them for their work. They have included mortgage brokers, landscapers and electricians who say they were stiffed on commissions or fees.

Last year, one of Trump’s luxury golf resorts in Florida was ordered by an appeals court to pay more than $32,000 to a supply company that claimed it wasn’t paid for paint that was used to spruce up the property.

A Trump Organization spokeswoman didn’t immediately return a call for comment on the driver’s lawsuit.

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