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23. The Base won't care and

Mon Jul 9, 2018, 12:41 PM

Jul 2018

…will even be incensed. They're working two jobs, as much hours as this driver, or more, but making 30K or 40K. So his salary looks good to them.

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Trump's Personal Driver for 25 Years Sues for Unpaid Overtime [View all] demmiblue Jul 2018 OP

republican family-values role model Dirty Donny* suckers another one Achilleaze Jul 2018 #1

OMG he stiffed his driver too? bucolic_frolic Jul 2018 #2

I'll bet that driver knows a LOT about Trump's activities. lagomorph777 Jul 2018 #4

this was my first thought, too. MBS Jul 2018 #9

That is probably true sdfernando Jul 2018 #19

NDA does not protect from a subpoena; covering up illegal activity is not allowed, period. lagomorph777 Jul 2018 #20

A subpoena to testify would be an exception to an NDA? I guess so... Honeycombe8 Jul 2018 #56

A contract to hide illegal activity is not legally valid. Judges overrule them. lagomorph777 Jul 2018 #60

Enter Michael Avenatti... lunatica Jul 2018 #39

A WHOLE LOT, lago!! And I wonder what drumph's bodyguard, Keith Schiller, is up to these Leghorn21 Jul 2018 #29

That'sa pretty good wage for a driver. Crutchez_CuiBono Jul 2018 #3

It is, but he's entitled to overtime no matter what his base wage was, The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2018 #7

Not sure about that. MGKrebs Jul 2018 #10

He doesn't meet the criteria for an exempt employee, so he's entitled to overtime The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2018 #13

he could be classified as an administrative exemption. MGKrebs Jul 2018 #17

Not if he's just a driver. He just drives where he's told using his employer's vehicle, The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2018 #21

I agree. This one seems like a crystal clear violation of the FLSA. Pacifist Patriot Jul 2018 #42

Bet he doesn't qualify to be paid OT........ Bengus81 Jul 2018 #45

Under the FLSA he's clearly not an exempt employee. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2018 #46

I'm wondering if DT will try to claim that he's not a spooky3 Jul 2018 #49

"Domestic service workers such as day workers, housekeepers, chauffeurs, rocktivity Jul 2018 #59

No--he definitely does not qualify as administrative. spooky3 Jul 2018 #48

He was on call all the time lunatica Jul 2018 #40

So Noel did you vote for the sexual predator? You knew what he did to mom and pops right? turbinetree Jul 2018 #5

Are you suggesting he should've quit his own job in solidarity with building contractors? Demit Jul 2018 #12

Maybe not quit in solidarity with the workers he stiffed, but I'd sure think long and hard about catbyte Jul 2018 #25

Yes.................I think off myself as being a human being, that should be paid a fair and turbinetree Jul 2018 #32

Crook, thief, cheater, liar dalton99a Jul 2018 #6

Wonder if any of the Trumps even know how to drive? Capperdan Jul 2018 #8

Spanky can drive a golf cart; I wouldn't trust him with anything bigger than that. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2018 #14

Donald Trump is a shit human being. LudwigPastorius Jul 2018 #11

What a surprise! Not. Chalco Jul 2018 #15

Figures...rump has no loyality, no sense of paying anyone what's a fair and decent wage, ... SWBTATTReg Jul 2018 #16

First mistake, you agreed to work for Trump. Sneederbunk Jul 2018 #18

True. But he's been working for them for many years.... Honeycombe8 Jul 2018 #28

"Before it was known how truly horrible a human being he is." LudwigPastorius Jul 2018 #31

He was an ordinary but famous crooked wheeler & dealer in Manhattan real estate. Honeycombe8 Jul 2018 #34

"What we know now is different from what we knew about him then." LudwigPastorius Jul 2018 #54

Maybe some. I sure didn't. I'd been watching him for decades on tv & reading about him... Honeycombe8 Jul 2018 #55

even chelsea catsudon Jul 2018 #57

Not really sure about the legal issues here, but I would think it smart to focus on the Raven123 Jul 2018 #22

As Trump has stated: "I love spending OPM! Other people's money!" Honeycombe8 Jul 2018 #30

The Base won't care and zentrum Jul 2018 #23

Location. Location. Trump's driver had to pay New York rents (or housing prices) Sophia4 Jul 2018 #33

Yeah...high cost of living area. Honeycombe8 Jul 2018 #35

It's sleazy and wrong, but unless he was an hourly employee, how could he sue for catbyte Jul 2018 #24

I don't know the facts about his case, but just because your boss says you are or are not Sophia4 Jul 2018 #36

No...there are laws defining which jobs get O.T. & which don't. Honeycombe8 Jul 2018 #37

A salaried employee can still be entitled to overtime if they don't meet the criteria The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2018 #47

OMG! 3,300 hours of OT, and that's only for the last 6 years???? And cut off his health benefits? Honeycombe8 Jul 2018 #26

What a CHEAP man-boy Trump is! riversedge Jul 2018 #27

Appears trump was one of those folks who forced employees to sign up with Obamacare. Hoyt Jul 2018 #38

No surprise. This is the man that cheated the Freedom Kids. Ohioboy Jul 2018 #41

If I won the lottery TexasBushwhacker Jul 2018 #43

"I hire only the best people! I never said anything about paying them." JDC Jul 2018 #44

Remember the last time one of Barrack Obama's employees even had a negative thing at all ... marble falls Jul 2018 #50

There are job openings at Mar a Lago. They could use some American workers. keithbvadu2 Jul 2018 #51

Unless he also performed job duties of a professional, administrative rocktivity Jul 2018 #52

Donald Trump's Former Chauffeur Alleges He Was Stiffed Out Of Nearly $175,000 In Overtime Pay Judi Lynn Jul 2018 #53

Scrooge McTrump rlegro Jul 2018 #58