WATCH: Bernie Moreno Faces Scrutiny For Destroying Evidence To Get Out Of Paying His Employees Overtime
February 8, 2024
Ohioans “just can’t trust” Bernie Moreno
Columbus, OH – Bernie Moreno is still facing scrutiny after reports showed he destroyed evidence he was legally required to keep to get out of paying his employees the overtime they’d earned. Moreno can’t escape his record of wage theft, which has remained a “major topic of conversation” in this primary with Matt Dolan and Frank LaRose warning Ohioans “just can’t trust” Moreno and lobbing attacks at him for being “disingenuous,” “self-serving,” and “do[ing] what is in his own best interest.”
WKYC’s Stephanie Haney: “Bernie Moreno was found liable for overtime wage theft in Massachusetts. This was based on a regulation change in 2015 and it said that people who earn commission – like for example, car salespeople, who he employed – those commissions can’t count towards overtime pay. So he got sued in 2017. Now while that lawsuit was going on there was a separate ruling in MA in 2019 that confirmed, or affirmed, the results of that regulation change: that people who earn commission on sales still have to be paid for overtime hours. So after that, in 2020… Mr. Moreno was found to have destroyed evidence in that lawsuit that was filed in 2017 and was sanctioned by the judge for that. [Moreno] lost that lawsuit in 2022, had to pay more than $400,00 in damages, and then settled 13 similar lawsuits in 2023. That was right before he announced his candidacy in 2023.”
WKYC’s Stephanie Haney: “[Bernie Moreno] admitted that he shredded overtime records that he was ordered to keep in a deposition in that lawsuit.”
Matt Dolan: “It’s about trust… Here’s an example in Bernie’s past where he had a chance to stand up and do the fair, right thing for his employees, but he chose to do the right thing for Bernie Moreno. And he got sanctioned for it… It’s about Bernie’s behavior when he had a chance to stand up for his employees and he chose to stand up for himself.”
Frank LaRose: “[Bernie Moreno] is a guy that does what is in his own best interest, his self-serving interest, including not treating his employees fairly, and evidently being willing to destroy evidence. That’s not the kind of trustworthy person that we want to send to…the U.S. Senate. I think that as people learn more about Mr. Moreno’s background… I think people are going to realize he’s trying to sell them a lemon.”
SEE ALSO: New Report Finds Bernie Moreno’s Defense For Destroying Evidence Isn’t True; Bernie Moreno Facing Further Attacks After Reports Show He Shredded Documents To Get Out Of Paying His Employees Overtime; Bernie Moreno Dogged By Reports That He Shredded Evidence To Get Out Of Paying His Employees Overtime, FACT CHECK: Bernie Moreno Destroyed Evidence He Had “Obligation” To Keep To Get Out Of Paying Employees, GOP Debate Clouded By Reports Moreno Destroyed Evidence: Here Are The Facts, Bernie Moreno Destroyed Key Evidence To Get Out Of Paying His Employees Wages They’d Earned
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