Former Wynn Resorts worker accuses company of failing to pay overtime
A former Wynn Resorts Ltd. employee has sued the casino company, charging that he wasn’t paid for more than 880 overtime hours worked performing tasks that ranged from conducting internal investigations to guarding company executives and celebrities.
Attorneys for Richard Derek Olsen, a former Wynn Las Vegas corporate investigator, also claimed he wasn’t paid for hours spent providing security for company Chairman and CEO Steve Wynn.
Olsen’s lawsuit seeks to “recover unpaid overtime compensation.”
A Wynn Resorts spokeswoman on Monday declined to comment on the lawsuit, filed by attorneys with the Las Vegas office of the law firm Parker Scheer Lagomarsino.
In his lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas, Olsen was said he was hired in July 2008 as a corporate investigator for gaming fraud or theft, workplace accidents, vendor and business partner review and other compliance issues for Wynn Las Vegas. He was terminated by Wynn Las Vegas on July 30.
“The precise amount of overtime owed to Olsen cannot be computed with precision at the time of the filing of this complaint because he is not in possession of time records reflecting hours worked by him,” the suit said. “These time records are in the exclusive possession of the Wynn.”
The nine-page complaint said he was also trained as a cyber forensic investigator checking for potential computer hacker attacks, improper emails, unauthorized file copying, data theft and destruction, and other activities that could compromise Wynn’s sensitive business data, trade secrets and client information.
Olsen’s lawsuit said he also worked as the lead “executive and dignitary protection agent.” He was assigned to details offered by Wynn Las Vegas resort and protecting Wynn, Wynn Resorts board member Elaine Wynn, former President George W. Bush, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Gov. Brian Sandoval, former Mayor Oscar Goodman and first lady Michelle Obama.
He also worked on details protecting celebrities such as Beyoncé Knowles, Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, Prince Albert of Monaco, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood. His job responsibilities also included nightclub compliance, investigations and prostitution strings at various Wynn nightclubs.
His unpaid overtime claim includes work during Garth Brooks concerts in 2010 and 2011, the lawsuit said.
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