Trumps personal driver of 25 years sues for unpaid overtime

[Allybeboba]

Was he paid a salary? Yes. Not entitled to overtime as far as I know.
Did he have a contract? I don’t know
I don’t know what the going salary is for chauffeurs. It seems he was paid pretty well. 62k-75k to drive a car is a decent salary.
Lots of salaried people in the US work more than 40 hours a week.
Myself, have been salaried since 1994 and wouldn’t have it any other way.
Need more information as usual.

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Why didn't Trump pay health insurance for 8 years?

Health insurance is a benefit my friend. Not all employers provide it, especially 25 years ago. Just like stock, 401k, PTO, HSA etc. All this should be factored in when accepting a job offer. Not just the salary.
The person may not have put anything back into his 401k and now is looking to retire soon and needs to money. Sueing is an option to get money for retirement since he might not have thought ahead.

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[Dontrike]

Health insurance is a benefit my friend. Not all employers provide it, especially 25 years ago. Just like stock, 401k, PTO, HSA etc. All this should be factored in when accepting a job offer. Not just the salary.
The person may not have put anything back into his 401k and now is looking to retire soon and needs to money. Sueing is an option to get money for retirement since he might not have thought ahead.

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That didn't answer a thing. Trump is a billionaire (maybe, we still have to see his tax returns), I think he can front the bill for his driver that works about 60 hours a week.

[Daelak]

He has a really solid case in the state of NY, you're fucking clueless as always. Or you feign ignorance of the law to defend your precious Donald.

Cut him some slack, he's a underemployed non-college educated white guy living in rural Wisconsin, he's like client zero for Russian misinformation and conservative propaganda.

[Themius]

Was he paid a salary? Yes. Not entitled to overtime as far as I know.
Did he have a contract? I don’t know
I don’t know what the going salary is for chauffeurs. It seems he was paid pretty well. 62k-75k to drive a car is a decent salary.
Lots of salaried people in the US work more than 40 hours a week.
Myself, have been salaried since 1994 and wouldn’t have it any other way.
Need more information as usual.

Cheers

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Health insurance is a benefit my friend. Not all employers provide it, especially 25 years ago. Just like stock, 401k, PTO, HSA etc. All this should be factored in when accepting a job offer. Not just the salary.
The person may not have put anything back into his 401k and now is looking to retire soon and needs to money. Sueing is an option to get money for retirement since he might not have thought ahead.

Cheers

And on that you are wrong out of the gate.

Salaried in NEW YORK still entitles you to overtime when you are over 40 hours in one week.

[Poopymonster]

What shit is this? In proper countries you're entitled to either the fractional equivalent of your pseudo-hourly wage (based on your salary and the agreed on hours/week), or at least get a window during which you can compensate overtime with the same amount of free time. What a work "culture", jesus.

Here, most times (Your State May Vary), you are paid X. Sick for 3 days? Same pay. Crunch time, 72 hour weeks because Reasons? Same pay.

You basically become the company's bitch.

[Themius]

What shit is this? In proper countries you're entitled to either the fractional equivalent of your pseudo-hourly wage (based on your salary and the agreed on hours/week), or at least get a window during which you can compensate overtime with the same amount of free time. What a work "culture", jesus.

In this country it varies by state.

[Low Hanging Fruit]

Why didn't Trump pay health insurance for 8 years?

Because he has a plan where everyone is covered, its better, bigger, you are going to want to get sick with this coverage!

But.. in reality.. it was just about making sure poor people don't have an option and the rich get a percentage break.

[Z-Man]

Was he paid a salary? Yes. Not entitled to overtime as far as I know.
Did he have a contract? I don’t know
I don’t know what the going salary is for chauffeurs. It seems he was paid pretty well. 62k-75k to drive a car is a decent salary.

As "driver" usually doesn't qualify as an executive, administrative, professional, or outside sale position according to the FLSA, there is no salary, only hourly pay. Trump also wasn't filing the annual wage statements, which is going to make this doubly difficult to get past a judge.

[abracmike]

The way I read this, the driver should be Salary non-exempt, making them eligible for over time.
If said driver's superiors treated him as exempt, then he might have a case here.

Salaried vs hourly by itself makes little difference here.

[Allybeboba]

And on that you are wrong out of the gate.

Salaried in NEW YORK still entitles you to overtime when you are over 40 hours in one week.

Not an Internet law expert my friend. Nor do I pretend to be one.

Whatever he sues for, if he gets an lawyer involved, about a 1/3 of it will go to lawyer fees.

Cheers

[TwistedSkull]

Is Trump running low on money? Anyhow such a cheap ass...

[Dontrike]

Not an Internet law expert my friend. Nor do I pretend to be one.

If you're not then why try and act like you were?

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Is Trump running low on money? Anyhow such a cheap ass...

Would be nice to know, but apparently he's been "audited" for over two years now and can't release them even though he actually can when audited.

[Allybeboba]

Because he has a plan where everyone is covered, its better, bigger, you are going to want to get sick with this coverage!

But.. in reality.. it was just about making sure poor people don't have an option and the rich get a percentage break.

I wouldn’t call 75k/year exactly “poor” my friend.

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Is Trump running low on money? Anyhow such a cheap ass...

“Reportedly” he may be. Like so many other things. Lol...

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[Dontrike]

“Reportedly” he may be. Like so many other things. Lol...

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If only he did what every other president does and released those tax returns, then it wouldn't be "reportedly" anymore, but you and your ilk hate those kinds of facts.

[Kujako]

Is Trump running low on money? Anyhow such a cheap ass...

There is a lot of evidence, that during "the apprentice", he was broke. But we may never know for sure, since I give low odds of him ever being forced to disclose his finances (I suspect he'll plead the 5th before doing that).

[Low Hanging Fruit]

I wouldn’t call 75k/year exactly “poor” my friend.

Cheers

I wouldn't exactly call my statement having anything to do with income.

Cheers.

[Kujako]

I wouldn’t call 75k/year exactly “poor” my friend.

Depends on where you live.

[Hilhen7]

Was he paid a salary? Yes. Not entitled to overtime as far as I know.
Did he have a contract? I don’t know
I don’t know what the going salary is for chauffeurs. It seems he was paid pretty well. 62k-75k to drive a car is a decent salary.
Lots of salaried people in the US work more than 40 hours a week.
Myself, have been salaried since 1994 and wouldn’t have it any other way.
Need more information as usual.

You can still earn overtime as a salary employee.

just an example:NY police officers are salaried, and can still earn overtime...

https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/caree...-benefits.page

A career with the NYPD means receiving a reliable benefits package that includes paid vacation, paid sick leave, and retirement funds. In addition to a salary, compensation includes longevity pay, holiday pay, and uniform allowance, along with opportunities for overtime.

[Jtbrig7390]

Was he paid a salary? Yes. Not entitled to overtime as far as I know.

And you would be wrong and a simple google search would show you that.

[Zan15]

I wouldn’t call 75k/year exactly “poor” my friend.

in NYC...ya that's poor

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Why didn’t he quit and continued to work for Trump 25years?

Maybe he did not know he was able to collect overtime? It is actually the employers responsibility to post rules regarding wages and we know trump and following rules