President Trump Donald TrumpTrump lashes out after grand jury seated for New York criminal probe Schumer tees up vote on Jan. 6 commission bill Senators struggle to save Jan. 6 commission MORE's longtime driver has filed a lawsuit claiming he was subjected to years of unpaid overtime work, according to multiple reports. Noel Cintron, Trump's driver for more than 20 years, filed the suit Monday against the Trump Organization in the New York Supreme Court. "In an utterly callous display of unwarranted privilege and entitlement and without even a minimal sense of noblesse oblige President Donald Trump has, through the defendant entities, exploited and denied significant wages to his own longstanding personal driver," Cintron alleges in the complaint. ADVERTISEMENT Cintron claims that he was forced to work "thousands" of hours in overtime, and was not given a "meaningful raise" in more than 10 years. Cintron claims in the lawsuit, which also names Trump Tower Commercial LLC as a defendant, that he worked between 50 and 55 hours weekly beginning at 7 a.m. five days per week until the Secret Service took over Trump’s driving responsibilities. In the lawsuit, Cintron claims he worked 550 hours of overtime every year and was not paid time-and-a-half. He also claims he was not paid for work on holidays and vacations, and that he did not receive accurate wage statements. Cintron is suing for 3,300 overtime hours, just those during the past six years, due to the statute of limitations. “Donald Trump has proclaimed himself as a champion of working men and women, but nothing could be further from the truth,” said Cintron’s attorney, Larry Hutcher. “Noel Cintron worked for him days, nights and weekends, but year after year Trump refused to pay him the wages he had earned. A complete disregard for the rights of workers has defined his disgraceful record in business.” The lawsuit also alleges that Cintron has not received a raise since 2010, when his salary was raised from $68,000 to $75,000. He claims that he was “induced to surrender his health benefits obtained through Trump, saving Trump approximately $17,866.08 per year in health insurance premiums” when he received the raise. Cintron is seeking damages for the unpaid hours as well as a series of other punitive damages and legal fees. Updated at 12:31 a.m.<doc-sep>Cintron — who still worked for the Trump Organization in security as of Monday, according to his lawyer — served as Trump’s driver until mid-2016, when the real estate developer became the Republican presidential nominee and the Secret Service took over. Noel Cintron, 59, who said he served as Trump’s driver for more than 20 years, alleges that Trump did not pay him the time-and-a-half overtime wages required under New York state law. Instead, he was paid a flat yearly salary, which was set at $62,700 about 2003 and rose to $75,000 in 2010, according to his suit. President Trump’s longtime personal driver filed a lawsuit against Trump’s company on Monday alleging that Trump owes him more than $200,000 in unpaid overtime wages. Advertisement In his suit, Cintron says his working hours varied widely: he would start at 7 a.m. and stay on duty until the Trump family no longer needed him in the evening. That added up to at least 50 hours a week, his suit says. Larry Hutcher, Cintron’s attorney, said that Cintron had asked Trump Organization executives to be paid the extra amount he was owed for overtime work. He was rebuffed, Hutcher said. ‘‘The proverbial straw hits the camel’s back,’’ said Hutcher, explaining why Cintron had filed suit now. ‘‘He finally says, ‘Enough is enough.’ ‘‘ Amanda Miller, a spokeswoman for the Trump Organization, said in a statement that ‘‘Mr. Cintron was at all times paid generously and in accordance with the law. Once the facts come out we expect to be fully vindicated in court.’’ Cintron is suing for about $350,000, Hutcher said, which would cover the unpaid wages, penalties, interest and attorneys’ fees. Cintron’s lawsuit said he has only received two pay raises from Trump since 2003. And one, he said, came with an unusual condition — to get a $7,000 pay increase, Cintron was told he had to give up his Trump Organization health insurance. Advertisement ‘They said, ‘If you go on your wife’s health insurance benefits,’ ‘‘ then the Trump Organization would give Cintron a $7,000 raise, Hutcher said. Hutcher said that deal saved the Trump Organization money, since the raise they gave Cintron was less than the $17,866 that Trump’s company had previously spent on his health insurance. Hutcher said that Cintron had repeatedly asked Trump for raises in the past, but beyond those two instances he was rebuffed. ‘‘You’re always asking for raises. It was never granted,’’ Hutcher said. He said Cintron stayed because ‘‘he needed the job.’’<doc-sep>Donald Trump's longtime personal chauffeur is the latest person to sue the US president during his tenure in the Oval Office. The private driver, Noel Cintron, has filed a lawsuit against Mr Trump for unpaid overtime hours after working for him for nearly 25 years. “Donald Trump has proclaimed himself as a champion of working men and women, but nothing could be further from the truth,” Mr Hutcher said. “Noel Cintron worked for him days, nights, and weekends, but year after year Trump refused to pay him the wages he had earned. A complete disregard for the rights of workers has defined his disgraceful record in business.” The lawsuit, which was first reported by Bloomberg, was filed by Mr Cintron in a Manhattan court on Monday morning. Mr Cintron is suing Mr Trump for 3,300 hours of unpaid overtime over the last six years — New York state law has a six-year statute of limitations for unpaid labour hours. The driver was paid a fixed salary of $75,000, despite regularly working over 55 hours a week, according to the suit. “In an utterly callous display of unwarranted privilege and entitlement and without even a minimal sense of noblesse oblige,” Mr Cintron wrote in his suit. ”President Trump’s further callousness and cupidity is further demonstrated by the fact that while he is purportedly a billionaire, he has not given his personal driver a meaningful raise in over 12 years.“ Mr Trump has faced at least 135 lawsuits against him while serving as commander in chief, including from private citizens who have sued him for his business dealings and behaviour prior to the White House. He also faces a litany of court proceedings over his administration's allegedly unconstitutional practices. The president is facing a libel lawsuit from a former contestant on his reality TV show, The Apprentice, though the majority of active lawsuits against him focus on his policies as president. 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Noel Cintron said the Trump Organization has not paid him for 3,300 hours of overtime in the last 6 years A New York man who said he was Donald Trump's personal driver for more than 20 years sued the U.S. president's company on Monday, claiming he was not paid for thousands of hours of overtime. Noel Cintron said the Trump Organization has not paid him for 3,300 hours of overtime in the last six years, the most he can sue for because of a statute of limitations, and has not given him a "meaningful" raise for 12 years. The Trump Organization confirmed that Cintron was an employee but said he had been paid "generously" and that the company would win in court. "In an utterly callous display of unwarranted privilege and entitlement and without even a minimal sense of noblesse oblige President Donald Trump has, through the defendant entities, exploited and denied significant wages to his own longstanding personal driver," the complaint said. Cintron is seeking unspecified damages, including punitive damages and other sums for alleged violations of federal and state labour laws. He said the 3,300 hours of overtime alone were worth more than $178,000, at a rate of $54.09 per hour. "Mr. Cintron was at all times paid generously and in accordance with the law," a spokeswoman for the Trump Organization said in an email. "Once the facts come out we expect to be fully vindicated in court." Donald Trump was not named as a defendant. Cintron's lawyers did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The lawsuit filed with the New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan adds to a long list of litigation targeting the president or his businesses. Cintron said he worked as a driver for Trump, his family members and his businesses for more than a quarter century, averaging 50 to 55 hours weekly. He said he became part of Trump's security staff after the Secret Service took over driving responsibilities in 2016. Cintron said his salary was raised to $68,000 in 2006 and then to $75,000 in 2010, but the latter increase required him to surrender health benefits. He said this saved Trump $17,866 in annual health insurance premiums.The case is Cintron v Trump Organization LLC et al, New York State Supreme Court, New York County, No. 653424/2018. © Thomson Reuters 2018