Casino workers, asking for salary during the shutdown

[imstillthebest]

on our country  government here declare some good rules like companies should give the 13th month pay or the xmas bonus of their employees  but in a half only   . in that way these people can have something during thier no work period plus they can still get something before the year ends   . that is a good idea to solve poverty during crisis aside from the relief operations that govt's are giving  . on the other hand , only online casinos are now making money  but not offline if they are on the country where virus is in outbreak  .

[joshy23]

Not only the casinos and the gambling industries have been left behind by their management but also non-essential businesses. It's really a punch in the gut when your livelihood depends on businesses that are not operational during these kinds of disasters, but there's nothing you can do but to just barely survive and wait the rain out. Hopefully though governments would press down hard on these industries to at least give some form of help to their employees in times of need.

There's no option since you will going to choose between life and death as this virus can affect everyone. All businesses which been affected of this lockdown needs financial support both from the employers and the government, this no work no pay system really hurting everyone but it's still best to choose your life and survive from this crisis than risk your own life trying to keep working.

[Quidat]

Not only the casinos and the gambling industries have been left behind by their management but also non-essential businesses. It's really a punch in the gut when your livelihood depends on businesses that are not operational during these kinds of disasters, but there's nothing you can do but to just barely survive and wait the rain out. Hopefully though governments would press down hard on these industries to at least give some form of help to their employees in times of need.

There's no option since you will going to choose between life and death as this virus can affect everyone. All businesses which been affected of this lockdown needs financial support both from the employers and the government, this no work no pay system really hurting everyone but it's still best to choose your life and survive from this crisis than risk your own life trying to keep working.

But majority do leave out no other option but to work inspite of the crisis we are facing on since they do know that they wont eat nothing if they dont work.
For those who forcely being stopped then theres no other option but to seek help into their employer or into the government itself.Its just normal for you to
do all sorts of ways for us to survive.There should be at least some humanitarian consideration when it comes to support because its really hard when you
have nothing at all specially on the food you do eat.

[plvbob0070]

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This only concludes how important to have a savings so we can prepare to this kind of scenario and for the workers, I cannot blame them if they are asking their employers for a salary because they need money right now in order to buy food and etc. just to survive in this type of situation.

In our country, the government are asking for employers to pay their employee a one month salary during the lock down and this is to help the employee in surviving the lock down. If the government in Las Vegas will do the same then it can surely help the employee to get their salary but if not the employee will have to wait for their employers whether they are kind enough to give some money to their affected employee.

You're right. We can't just spend our money like there's no tomorrow. I know some gamblers are facing this problem since it's hard for them to control their gambling habits. But we really need to save money for emergencies. We can not always gamble our extra money, we should also save it.

It's reasonable for employees to ask for a salary because they also have their rights. Although not everyone, some companies tend to decrease their employees' leave during the whole lockdown but they are being paid. Why can't others do that when their business is doing well?

I think they need support their workerd because once this lockdown end for sure many of them will appreciate of the founder of casinos do but if they did not help maybe they find another casino to work.  And also of they did not want to spend a big money just give their employee a supply of food and I think it is very little for them because everymonth or weeks they earn millions of dollars.

Indeed. Every company should have cared for their employees' health, and their livings. A single employee might not be that important for a big company, but the company won't function without their workers. They can earn back their expenses when they can go back to business. They are earning a lot, knowing that Las Vegas is really known for casinos.

Only the poor and the needy will suffer whereas the rich are still enjoying in this lockdown. I had read today on one of the news portal that newly 17m people have lost thier job in America. How will they survive in these desperate situation? They have a mouths to feed, rent to be paid and all other daily liabilities.

As far as I know, some workers in those casinos are filing their unemployment. Due to COVID-19 big percent of businesses running the economy have been affected by the virus. What more for every employee on those companies, right?

[Natalim]

Casinos will be heavily affected, and even after the lock down, there income will still gonna reduce as it will take time until the world will be back to normal again. the government lose money because their main source is taxes,, without the companies earning big profit, they can't generate tax and as a result the country will struggle.

Now, to these workers asking for salary during shutdown, I guess this needs to be reviewed properly, they can't just ask anything when it's not part of their agreement, and the fact that no one games in this situation, workers has to also understand their employers.

[sheenshane]

All kind of businesses was down their revenues at this moment and they are also affected by this pandemic covid19. All companies at this time must be helped by their workers/employees. They are oblique to pay their employees because the government announced home quarantine during this pandemic and the government was also issued an order that employers must pay 1 month equal to monthly wages with no conveyance expenses. Employees have the right to ask financial support to their employers.

[erep]

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It's their responsibility to give them a salary even if the business is closed. They should be prepared in times like this, and for sure they have an emergency fund to provide their employees. It's only a simple sacrifice for the employees who have been working for them every day.

The giant gambling industry certainly has an emergency fund management to anticipate things that happen unreasonably. If workers are valued for years serving the gambling industry, then all efforts to use emergency funds are realized for workers' salaries during the lockdown.

[noormcs5]

on our country  government here declare some good rules like companies should give the 13th month pay or the xmas bonus of their employees  but in a half only   . in that way these people can have something during thier no work period plus they can still get something before the year ends   . that is a good idea to solve poverty during crisis aside from the relief operations that govt's are giving  . on the other hand , only online casinos are now making money  but not offline if they are on the country where virus is in outbreak  .

This is a good initiative by your country but this may not help much to those who are becoming jobless due to this virus. Many firms have fired people because they do not have any money to pay to them. Business have stopped, people are losing their jobs. The world is becoming too much difficult to live in this situation.

[seleme]

Governments have bailout plans and other related economic packets for helping the threatened sectors of the economy. The latest global lockdown has affected the casino workers too and the situation becomes worse every day of the quarantine. Gamblers have alternative choices such as playing online games but the conditions are not fair for casino employees.

[mindrust]

No work, no pay.

How teh fck the employer can pay if he doesn't make any money? They can't. The government should pay their salaries by printing money. There is no other way. It is not just casinos too. It is everywhere. My own business lost %50 of its income since last month. I am about to get fcked too.

[Chrystora123]

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This is a problem that is overtaken by the average of all workers in various industries throughout the world..  no one really wants this "PANDEMIC" to happen but it has already happened.  all workers who are currently losing their jobs can only do to report to the government of their respective countries because I have heard that each country has allocated large funds to meet the needs of their citizens affected by COVID-19 as my country did..

[dothebeats]

There's no option since you will going to choose between life and death as this virus can affect everyone. All businesses which been affected of this lockdown needs financial support both from the employers and the government, this no work no pay system really hurting everyone but it's still best to choose your life and survive from this crisis than risk your own life trying to keep working.

From where I'm at, the government is kind enough to send some goods and some money on our way until the quarantine period is over. Best estimates for the curve to flatten on my country (the Philippines) is up until June, which is a good 3 months since the initial lockdown on March 16. Private sectors and companies, especially those top corporations are also kind enough to chip in whatever they can even though they are already operating at a loss. Technically everyone is in emergency mode, with little to no resources to work with however the government 'can' basically provide food for the next 3 months. Payments on power, water and other things are essentially suspended for the time being, so there's that. I myself am a volunteer on a hospital and have my main job stopped, so I live off of donations and some money I have saved for myself. I understand the sentiment of everyone regarding this crisis, but if help is truly being delivered, people should not have any reasons to still go out. I'm not speaking out of privilege or luck, as I myself have nothing to pay for rent within the next month but if people cooperate well with the government on the effort to prevent the virus from spreading, normalcy would be had in a month or two.

[Oilacris]

No work, no pay.

How teh fck the employer can pay if he doesn't make any money? They can't. The government should pay their salaries by printing money. There is no other way. It is not just casinos too. It is everywhere. My own business lost %50 of its income since last month. I am about to get fcked too.

All business owners does have the same problem and people shouldnt only look on how these people do make money and trying to tell them that
they are obligated to help their workers.Of course its no work no pay, you can help but doesnt mean that you will support them in the end.
This kind of problem is in indeed government related where they do help out their residents into their vicinity when it comes to relief goods
and other needs during this crisis.

[mersal]

Most of those workers will be working there from different countries as welll so they may not get those packages offered by US government so they have nothing now.They must be having some kind of associations or not? to help them in such crisis and they should be also called as organized workers since its is legal to gamble there.

[kawetsriyanto]

Not only on Casino, but the workers of other industries also do the same way. They ask for the salary although they don't work and stay at home. This is a complicated thing since we also cannot blame the owner of their companies with no work activities during the shutdown. Some companies have suffered big losses during the shutdown. This lead to the dismissal of employees. So, I am worried that it will happen as well in Casino workers.

[Debonaire217]

Sadly, most of the government aren't really support it just like the salary of frontliners we have. But they are still employees too. In our country, every employee was given their advance salary. As long as they are tax payers, they have their rights to request for financial assistance. As we should consider, no matter if you are rich or poor, we're all the same in times like this.

[harizen]

If I'm not mistaken, the Las Vegas entertainment haven was shut down on March 21,22 or around that day (someone can correct me on this).

Supposedly, workers should still have the salary to collect today or that was already distributed? I also don't know the whole story but are the workers literally got nothing from their employers since the outbreak happen?

At least somehow, the company should understand the situation. It's not that they will support those workers until the situation got back to normal but at least, they should arrange a fair compensation as support even it will just last a couple of weeks. People will now depend on their LGU's after that.

[adzino]

Everyone has been affected by this shutdown. Its not only those "casino workers" that are being affected by the shutdown. Its your government that should take steps to protect its citizen. It is their responsibility to make sure their people are not suffering financially. Some government around the world are paying like 70% - 80% of the wages if you are eligible.
These are hard times going on and NO one was prepared for this. Instead of blaming or crying randomly, look for options that are open for you.

[Twinkledoe]

Not only on Casino, but the workers of other industries also do the same way. They ask for the salary although they don't work and stay at home. This is a complicated thing since we also cannot blame the owner of their companies with no work activities during the shutdown. Some companies have suffered big losses during the shutdown. This lead to the dismissal of employees. So, I am worried that it will happen as well in Casino workers.

But considering that casino owners are rich and they can very well afford to provide at least the monthly wage of their workers to at least survive this pandemic. These owners don't have to do charity work outside, just providing the basic salary of their workers would be more than enough. Ok they have losses, but before this pandemic happens, they are earning millions of dollars per day and how much is the salary of their workers? I really hope they will consider the welfare of their employees. Once this is over, those workers might think twice if they want to go back to their old jobs.

[DarkDays]

Unpopular opinion here... I don't think the casinos should pay the employees during the shutdown.

Casinos pay employees to work, if they're not working why should they get paid? Casinos and most jobs don't care about the livelihoods of their employers, their main purpose is obviously to make money. They clearly won't be making money if they're not even open. Sure, they could continue paying their employees now and go bankrupt off the back of it. Or they could just not pay them and let the government step up to protect its tax payers.

An employer-employee relationship shouldn't mean you should suddenly start paying people to do nothing when shit hits the fan. If these people don't have their own savings then that's on them.