Casino workers, asking for salary during the shutdown

[FIFA worldcup]

A terrible situation (as in many other industries). I am happy for those whom the state helps with money - for example, this is not the case in my country, so my situation is more complicated 
Interestingly, in connection with the closure of offline casinos, has the number of online players increased? Or did people’s lack of income play a role here?

Every individual is facing different situation these days. Some are even getting paid even if they are not working but their company agrees to pay them. Some are being fired and some are just not being paid for the time they had not worked. This is the situation of those who are mostly on the jobs. Businessmen have different issues like people not buying services or product and this includes lack of people in online gambling at the present moment because people do not have extra funds to spend on gambling.

[Ryker1]

Of course, they need to have some sort of support from their company too, they were the one who was working all this time to make them rich. It does make sense if they asking some beneficiaries from their respective companies. because they are their people they need to help them. Right now all necessary means if legal should be done because if we don't do such act, we won't die on the virus, we die on hunger.

They need comassions from their respective employers, this people serve the company they are not aware and unprepared with how things turned
with this pandemic virus, they will appreciate all the help that their companies will provide to them. Casino owners have reserve money surely they
can afford to release such amount to help their employees to survive from this crisis.

Well, all of you were right. But it depends on the department of labor and employment orders because that is not mandatory for the company to give salary to their employee. But once the department of labor and employment makes a statement that employer should help their workers during their situation that there is calamity disaster come, for sure they will do.
Indeed, if you are a company owner, you can think that it is good to pay back your employee's hard work just for your own benefits before.

[DeadCoin]

Workers have a right to ask a help from their employer but I think not just a salary. And that is correct, that is not mandatory to the gambling owner to give them because some of the company owners implement this rule, "No work, No pay". It is naturally now that all from in a business industry was totally down their revenue but it is always good if they will help their workers. There's nothing we can do if our employers did not give any help, our government must take action about this.

[Genemind]

Casinos and other non-essential businesses were temporarily closed due to the virus spreading the word. We often think about gambling businesses having no income, and the decrease of the stock market. But we're forgetting about their employees who get no job and salary in the current situation.

Casino workers in Las Vegas showed their disappointment and anger towards their employers who failed to help and provide them what they need. Famous Las Vegas Strip of glitzy hotels and casino is closed due to lockdown, and thousands of their employees were left with no work and income. However, some casinos were able to support their workers and offered them a two-week salary, others gave four, while some gave nothing.

"This is not going to sustain us — we need to feed our families, we need to put food on the table, we have bills mounting up,” said Debra Jeffries, a cocktail waitress for four decades at a major Strip casino.

Las Vegas has more than 40 million visitors every year and it is known for casinos. According to the American Gaming Association, if all casinos in the US will continue to be closed until mid-May, including nearby restaurants and bars, $43.5 billion in economic activity will lose.


The treasurer-secretary of the giant Las Vegas-based Culinary Union, Geoconda Arguello-Kline called giant operating casinos to do their responsibility in the community.

“We feel the casino industry right now, they left their workers alone… it’s a very painful situation,” said Arguello-Kline.

Although it's awful that some successful casino owners and management forget to protect and help their employees who helped them to become successful, some casino owners were able to send help and give their employees the salary they need. Perhaps they don't care about their employees' financial struggle because they have a lot of money, and they can survive the whole lockdown with that money.

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.

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That's the struggle of most workers from most of the companies around the world that are affected by the pandemic crisis. This pandemic situation would make us realize that saving for the future is really necessary. This crisis is really unexpected so we can't blame workers who are asking for their companies' help. During this time, employees would know if their employers value them and have a concern for their situation. It's like a survival game for most of us so we can't rely everything on the government or even for companies who are also trying to save themselves from bankruptcy.

[South Park]

Although it's awful that some successful casino owners and management forget to protect and help their employees who helped them to become successful, some casino owners were able to send help and give their employees the salary they need. Perhaps they don't care about their employees' financial struggle because they have a lot of money, and they can survive the whole lockdown with that money.

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.

While I agree that businesses should be socially responsible and if they can they should support their employees which have been part of the reason for their success, at the same time we cannot put all the responsibility on the shoulders of those businesses, I have a lot of friends that are suffering in this crisis and they lost their jobs, but even if they earned a good amount of money over the years they have no savings they could use to sustain themselves despite the fact that is basic knowledge that you should have a few months worth of savings in the case you lose your job, as such people that have no savings are also responsible for the difficult situation they are in and should shoulder the responsibility as well.

[DoublerHunter]

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This crisis is really unexpected so we can't blame workers who are asking for their companies' help. During this time, employees would know if their employers value them and have a concern for their situation. It's like a survival game for most of us so we can't rely everything on the government or even for companies who are also trying to save themselves from bankruptcy.

^ Definitely right, we need to survive at this moment. It is really sad to those people who did not have savings for any tragedies come in the future, just like what happened now, everyone was not ready and they don't have enough saving in order to survive without help from their employer or any help from the government. Nevertheless, I never heard government such a country affected by a coronavirus that never helps their citizen.

[aakashsangwan]

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This crisis is really unexpected so we can't blame workers who are asking for their companies' help. During this time, employees would know if their employers value them and have a concern for their situation. It's like a survival game for most of us so we can't rely everything on the government or even for companies who are also trying to save themselves from bankruptcy.

^ Definitely right, we need to survive at this moment. It is really sad to those people who did not have savings for any tragedies come in the future, just like what happened now, everyone was not ready and they don't have enough saving in order to survive without help from their employer or any help from the government. Nevertheless, I never heard government such a country affected by a coronavirus that never helps their citizen.

Most of the people don't save for the hard times that can come at any time in the future, they tend to live from paycheck to paycheck and in the case of an international pandemic where every thing is shut down they don't have their jobs which are the only source of income for them. So the employer should always think about his employees rather than always making profit and he should give a month or two salary in advance to the employees for sake of these hard times.

[Casdinyard]

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This crisis is really unexpected so we can't blame workers who are asking for their companies' help. During this time, employees would know if their employers value them and have a concern for their situation. It's like a survival game for most of us so we can't rely everything on the government or even for companies who are also trying to save themselves from bankruptcy.

^ Definitely right, we need to survive at this moment. It is really sad to those people who did not have savings for any tragedies come in the future, just like what happened now, everyone was not ready and they don't have enough saving in order to survive without help from their employer or any help from the government. Nevertheless, I never heard government such a country affected by a coronavirus that never helps their citizen.

Most of the people don't save for the hard times that can come at any time in the future, they tend to live from paycheck to paycheck and in the case of an international pandemic where every thing is shut down they don't have their jobs which are the only source of income for them. So the employer should always think about his employees rather than always making profit and he should give a month or two salary in advance to the employees for sake of these hard times.

You can't blame people for not getting ready for times like this, I know there are people who have a vice but each and every one of us carry a different kind of responsibility. So after this pandemic our government should focus on this matter just in case if it happen again, not focusing the national budget on something irrelevant like helicopters, jets, and warships. We need more schools and hospitals. This is when the companies are peeling their own skin for the employees to see it.

[romero121]

Gambling is a big network where billions get circulated. With the ongoing lockdown around the globe almost every business is shut. The information technology network seems to function with the work from home accessibility. Even the shops with basic essentials were very limited.

By this time everyone seems to experience the same difficulty. There is nothing different between the owners and the employees. However at this situation the owners should take responsibility to help the employees with the big earnings made in the past.

[dunfida]

Workers have a right to ask a help from their employer but I think not just a salary. And that is correct, that is not mandatory to the gambling owner to give them because some of the company owners implement this rule, "No work, No pay". It is naturally now that all from in a business industry was totally down their revenue but it is always good if they will help their workers. There's nothing we can do if our employers did not give any help, our government must take action about this.

All help would really vary on gambling sites owner considertion which if they do have that kind heart to see on whats happening into its workers or even on global aspect
but lets stick to those people around the vicinity.It is indeed not a mandatory thing since when we do talk about salary then it do really pertains a pay for your work
since theres no work then theres no pay same as you said.It all depends if the owners would give out some little help but doesnt mean that it would be done
every now and then.

[pixie85]

"This is not going to sustain us — we need to feed our families, we need to put food on the table, we have bills mounting up,” said Debra Jeffries, a cocktail waitress for four decades at a major Strip casino.

This reads like a joke.

How can they say that they have no money to feed their families?

Do they really have no savings? Maybe their loans are too big and they can't afford to keep paying up without a steady income. If that's so they should go to their banks and ask fo extensions first instead of demanding money from the employees that also don't get any revenue because of the virus.

[bisdak40]

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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.

This crisis have hit hard not only those people working in the casinos but i think in every sector of the society. If we all rely on the government i think i will fail, employers should play a big role here in helping their employees to ease the load of the government. After all, those individuals that received help from their employers were also responsible for their success, just a small payback for them.

Its not mandatory but just to think on humanitarian act then as a casino owner you would surely do such thing.You know that these people are part of your success and it isnt really that bad to think of them or giving out some help in times of crisis but well this would vary or depend on what kind of person for those people who do own those casinos.Not all would have the same mindset and feelings into other people.
If they would help they would help if  not then they would just dont care on whats happening around as long they do have their own money for themselves.

Yeah, i think it's revelation time to casino owners/company owners on who really got the heart to help people in this time of crisis. I agree that it is not mandatory for them to help their employees but the act of helping employees this time would make those employees more loyal to the company and it's the opposite if would not extend some help.

[Oceat]

During this time of crisis you will know who's your true friend and who you should trust next time. I've seen a lot of people who suffered already due to the lockdown which is not helpful but they can't wait any longer to wait for someone to help since the help is not coming that's why they are forced to go out and find their own food.

It's not just the casino workers who suffered here because those who rely their basic needs through the money that they get from their work is now gone due to lockdown. The employer should help their people/employees to get the help that they want since the lockdown might going to extend if the situation is getting worse.

[maydna]

During this time of crisis you will know who's your true friend and who you should trust next time. I've seen a lot of people who suffered already due to the lockdown which is not helpful but they can't wait any longer to wait for someone to help since the help is not coming that's why they are forced to go out and find their own food.

It's not just the casino workers who suffered here because those who rely their basic needs through the money that they get from their work is now gone due to lockdown. The employer should help their people/employees to get the help that they want since the lockdown might going to extend if the situation is getting worse.

I agree with this. I already saw some changing in the society which some people consider that what they need is important than the other people. For example, when they want to buy something, they want to get priority to get that as soon as possible, and those people forget that they are not the only one who wants those things. A human can change in the middle of the crisis like today, and that can make friend become enemy because of simple things.

That is happening not just in the casino because a few days ago, I made a call with my friend who lived in another city. I asked him about the conditions of his family, and he says that he still waits for the help from his office because his boss tells to all employee that the office can help them to fills their daily needs but the boss cannot do that for a long time. But the boss can pay all of the employees because the office is not making money. So my friend tries to search the other way so he can still fill his daily needs for just in case his boss stops the help.

[rodskee]

"This is not going to sustain us — we need to feed our families, we need to put food on the table, we have bills mounting up,” said Debra Jeffries, a cocktail waitress for four decades at a major Strip casino.

This reads like a joke.

How can they say that they have no money to feed their families?

Do they really have no savings? Maybe their loans are too big and they can't afford to keep paying up without a steady income.

This is not a Joke mate ,this is reality because not all people in the world have savings and it is not they are spending a lot but this is because they have their own reason,sometimes it is because they have large family to feed(that in past they are capable but some problem occurred ) or sometimes they are just starting a normal life again as we know the economy is not friendly now and watching the life of Homeless in US?i can see that some issues is not really their problem.
i think having a loan extension is not the solution here instead people really need help because this is the very first time that crisis like this happens in our generation and the first from us so understandable that people now are helpless.

[Yatsan]

"This is not going to sustain us — we need to feed our families, we need to put food on the table, we have bills mounting up,” said Debra Jeffries, a cocktail waitress for four decades at a major Strip casino.

This reads like a joke.

How can they say that they have no money to feed their families?

Do they really have no savings? Maybe their loans are too big and they can't afford to keep paying up without a steady income.

This is not a Joke mate ,this is reality because not all people in the world have savings and it is not they are spending a lot but this is because they have their own reason,sometimes it is because they have large family to feed(that in past they are capable but some problem occurred ) or sometimes they are just starting a normal life again as we know the economy is not friendly now and watching the life of Homeless in US?i can see that some issues is not really their problem.
i think having a loan extension is not the solution here instead people really need help because this is the very first time that crisis like this happens in our generation and the first from us so understandable that people now are helpless.

Not all people have savings, and there's a lot of situation to consider, and a lot of what if's. For example: they are the one that is doing the work to feed his/her family or, they have a loan to pay and just starting a new life. There's a lot of situation to be consider! This lock-down is affecting a lot of people including the workers so I think it's reasonable to pay them for a 1 month of salary to survive this crisis.

[btc78]

We have same sentiments of casino workers and our company because at first we thought work from home is in favor but after 2 weeks the company ended up and says there is no need for company to continue paying us as they have no income coming from this pandemic.

i Can feel these people and now seeking for support from the company and hope to find help from their bosses.

[aioc]

Although it's awful that some successful casino owners and management forget to protect and help their employees who helped them to become successful, some casino owners were able to send help and give their employees the salary they need. Perhaps they don't care about their employees' financial struggle because they have a lot of money, and they can survive the whole lockdown with that money.

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.

These are the people that helped them reach where they are now, it's cruel to leave or ignore this in these times of trouble, they should not only give them allowances or advance salaries for weeks but also help them until this pandemic is over because these are the same people who will them to get back on their feet when things are cleared up.

[Oasisman]

This is something that the local government of that certain state will be addressing. I mean we all know gambling businesses do have huge taxes to be paid, that literally contributes to the development of such city. Now, I guess this would be the perfect time for their government to help these employees who helped this kind of businesses to pay huge taxes. The same goes to the company owners to help these people who maintained their businesses. Helping one another in this time of crisis requires only common sense, not unless if this rich people are still greedy in this dire situation.

[GDragon]

"This is not going to sustain us — we need to feed our families, we need to put food on the table, we have bills mounting up,” said Debra Jeffries, a cocktail waitress for four decades at a major Strip casino.

This reads like a joke.

How can they say that they have no money to feed their families?

Do they really have no savings? Maybe their loans are too big and they can't afford to keep paying up without a steady income.

This is not a Joke mate ,this is reality because not all people in the world have savings and it is not they are spending a lot but this is because they have their own reason,sometimes it is because they have large family to feed(that in past they are capable but some problem occurred ) or sometimes they are just starting a normal life again as we know the economy is not friendly now and watching the life of Homeless in US?i can see that some issues is not really their problem.
i think having a loan extension is not the solution here instead people really need help because this is the very first time that crisis like this happens in our generation and the first from us so understandable that people now are helpless.

There are people who would always be in trouble after missing just 1 paycheck. Just 1. Believe that? It is somehow kind of normal in my country, we are living paycheck to paycheck and I agree a loan wouldn't be a solution and it will just double up the problem of the employee in the future.

Millionaire and billionaire owners are only the one enjoying a company's gain. The employee, who put so much work will always be unfairly compensated for it. I hope they will help their employees in this crisis, and just for once, stop being greedy.