Casino workers forced into unpaid leave

[fiulpro]

The Macau gaming enterprise have reported that more than 60% of the Workers working in casinos have been Forced to take Unpaid leave.

The weird thing was : If the Worker have worked for too long the casinos takes them for granted and they are more likely to loose their payment.

Now 8% of them are thinking of switching to new jobs.

Now the steps taken  to tackle that :

Macau government could regulate the unpaid leave, measures could be implemented for an economic rebound, employees could be offered additional training, and the foreign employment quota should be adjusted to protect the local workers.

Macau continues to suffer the effects of the ongoing pandemic, despite some of the slight recoveries taking place in the industry.

At the same time we saw the boost in the gaming revenues:

Macau’s gross gaming revenue (GGR) dropped by 90% in September but rose by 229% month-on-month in October. The Individual Visit Scheme resumed mid-September and helped boost the economy in a small way, however, the country expects the tourist arrivals for 2020 to drop by 90%.

Source : https://www.gamblinginsider.com/news/10359/60-of-macaus-casino-workers-furloughed-without-pay

[Bttzed03]

~ The weird thing was : If the Worker have worked for too long the casinos takes them for granted and they are more likely to loose their payment.

What's weird about that? Those who worked with them for a short period of time were probably forced to resign and not a forced leave.

Companies are trying to make ends meet too and they need help from the Government to assist their employees.

I know of a company that recently forced employees to take a one week leave each month. They could have done that as early as March but they didn't.

Now the steps taken  to tackle that :

Macau government could regulate the unpaid leave, measures could be implemented for an economic rebound, employees could be offered additional training, and the foreign employment quota should be adjusted to protect the local workers.

Macau continues to suffer the effects of the ongoing pandemic, despite some of the slight recoveries taking place in the industry.

*Proposals*

At the same time we saw the boost in the gaming revenues:

Macau’s gross gaming revenue (GGR) dropped by 90% in September but rose by 229% month-on-month in October. The Individual Visit Scheme resumed mid-September and helped boost the economy in a small way, however, the country expects the tourist arrivals for 2020 to drop by 90%.

That's comparing Sept and October only. How about losses suffered from March?

It also says there that projected tourists arrivals (casino players) are going to drop by 90%. That further justifies the cost cutting by casinos.

[TimeTeller]

Not only casino workers are suffering from this kind of change.
There are other businesses that are forced to implement this strategy to their employees in order to survive.
For the employees that will experience this kind of change, just be understanding that this is really going to happen.
Look for other alternative jobs while on leave. Employers can't really pay their workers if they are not earning income.

[harizen]

The weird thing was : If the Worker have worked for too long the casinos takes them for granted and they are more likely to loose their payment.

If it's weird for you then try to look at other industries. It's not just in gambling but almost the majority of businesses as well have to force their employees to leave without pay due to the obvious reason that they got struck hard by the pandemic. Obviously, those who work for long will be those who will be considered for leave, as for new employees, they might get forced to resign especially those in probation period even they are bound to become a regular employee prior to the pandemic. The best example is restaurants and some of my friends (under probation and regular employee) experienced this.

Several months after the lockdown, and fortunately, some employees who got forced to leave now seen in action although on a skeletal workforce which is good compared to a long period of absence without pay.

It's fortunate that companies implemented the force-leave for their regular employees instead unlike terminating them completely to somehow cut their losses.

[coupable]

By checking info about Macau gaming enterprise, i was surprised to see that the company is running since more than 20 years (1999) : Economic growth and development in Macau (1999–2016)
So it's almost strange how it can't support its workers during a temporary pandemic. Is this the only solution they found to reduce the damage? We all know about casinos who lunch a gaming app or platform in order not lose their custmers by keepping the company running during crisis .

[Reid]

It's sad but not the worse.
We all have been hit hard by the pandemic and without profits from our employers, there is no way they could pay every employee.
You cannot blame them for that. They can provide but they need a share from the government.
Imagine giving away money for a year. How could they start over without capital left in their pockets?
Then, employees will have no jobs to go back to.
This is one of the reasons why I started working from home.

[boyptc]

A lot of industries have suffered during the pandemic. But this incident could be the result of one infection from the casino worker.

Searching for some specific or connected news. From South China Morning Post's Youtube channel has posted that Macau casinos will be closed to avoid further infection.

--> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMPy1Fro4Z4

[Mahanton]

It's sad but not the worse.
We all have been hit hard by the pandemic and without profits from our employers, there is no way they could pay every employee.
You cannot blame them for that. They can provide but they need a share from the government.
Imagine giving away money for a year. How could they start over without capital left in their pockets?
Then, employees will have no jobs to go back to.
This is one of the reasons why I started working from home.

Needed some initiative on our part because its understandable that employers arent earning income so it wont be surprising that they would really be
ending up on with that kind of decision.It is still hard for them but they would need to take action or else they would totally shut their doors if
they would continue to give pay even if they arent earning.So as a worker then we should think up on finding some alternative ways because
we dont know on what would happen next.

[wxa7115]

The Macau gaming enterprise have reported that more than 60% of the Workers working in casinos have been Forced to take Unpaid leave.

The weird thing was : If the Worker have worked for too long the casinos takes them for granted and they are more likely to loose their payment.

Now 8% of them are thinking of switching to new jobs.

Now the steps taken  to tackle that :

Macau government could regulate the unpaid leave, measures could be implemented for an economic rebound, employees could be offered additional training, and the foreign employment quota should be adjusted to protect the local workers.

Macau continues to suffer the effects of the ongoing pandemic, despite some of the slight recoveries taking place in the industry.

At the same time we saw the boost in the gaming revenues:

Macau’s gross gaming revenue (GGR) dropped by 90% in September but rose by 229% month-on-month in October. The Individual Visit Scheme resumed mid-September and helped boost the economy in a small way, however, the country expects the tourist arrivals for 2020 to drop by 90%.

Source : https://www.gamblinginsider.com/news/10359/60-of-macaus-casino-workers-furloughed-without-pay

Everyone is doing their best to try to survive, a quick calculation indicates that if they lost 90% of their gross revenue and then the next month it went up 229% it means they are experimenting a 32.9% gross revenue compared to August, as such despite the recovery they are only receiving a third of what they were used to, so it makes sense that they still have their workers on unpaid leave.

We must understand that the pandemic has shifted the priorities of people and anything that was a luxury is experimenting a huge decrease in consumption, for example in my country I see a lot of jewelries giving discounts as big as 70% on everything on the store, they are probably selling what they have at a breakeven price and even that is not enough to bring clients to their doors so I suppose a part of the gambling industry is suffering something similar.

[ReiMomo]

That's the reality when it comes to a company, you cant hire a bunch of employees working on your company while the revenue is quite short, your company won't survive in that way. Forcing to resign with have benefits like retirements fee or separation fees well I guess employees will start a new job without worrying a week allowance since they got something from the company.

But forced to leave and nothing have got, that is very worst, I guess they need to go to the department of labor that can help to them

[imstillthebest]

~ The weird thing was : If the Worker have worked for too long the casinos takes them for granted and they are more likely to loose their payment.

What's weird about that? Those who worked with them for a short period of time were probably forced to resign and not a forced leave.

thats not weird but that is an example of unprofessionalism . professional company will value workers that are already working for them for too long or to those that are already regular employees .

 when regular employees leaved or resign they can get a seperation pay and that amount can be huge depending on how long you have been working on the company . forcing to resign is simillar to being forced to leaved but both of them shouldnt be done for employees if they are working properly .

[Twentyonepaylots]

~ The weird thing was : If the Worker have worked for too long the casinos takes them for granted and they are more likely to loose their payment.

What's weird about that? Those who worked with them for a short period of time were probably forced to resign and not a forced leave.

Companies are trying to make ends meet too and they need help from the Government to assist their employees.

I know of a company that recently forced employees to take a one week leave each month. They could have done that as early as March but they didn't.

Now the steps taken  to tackle that :

Macau government could regulate the unpaid leave, measures could be implemented for an economic rebound, employees could be offered additional training, and the foreign employment quota should be adjusted to protect the local workers.

Macau continues to suffer the effects of the ongoing pandemic, despite some of the slight recoveries taking place in the industry.

*Proposals*

At the same time we saw the boost in the gaming revenues:

Macau’s gross gaming revenue (GGR) dropped by 90% in September but rose by 229% month-on-month in October. The Individual Visit Scheme resumed mid-September and helped boost the economy in a small way, however, the country expects the tourist arrivals for 2020 to drop by 90%.

That's comparing Sept and October only. How about losses suffered from March?

It also says there that projected tourists arrivals (casino players) are going to drop by 90%. That further justifies the cost cutting by casinos.

But they could've at least be a bit humane about it. These people they forced to unpaid leaves have mpuths to feed, and most probably would not have much power in theur hands to find a new job right away especially given the fact that the skills required for you to work in a casino don't usually cope well with skills required in other fields, a stipend of some sort can alleviate their employee's problem first and foremost.

[FontSeli]

At the same time we saw the boost in the gaming revenues:

Macau’s gross gaming revenue (GGR) dropped by 90% in September but rose by 229% month-on-month in October. The Individual Visit Scheme resumed mid-September and helped boost the economy in a small way, however, the country expects the tourist arrivals for 2020 to drop by 90%.

The growth of income from games occurs only against the background of September. If you compare this figure with October 2019, it will not be in favor of October 2020. That is why we had to send workers on unpaid leave. Casino is not a place that is vital to people during the pandemic, so many refuse to visit, which affects casino income.

[coupable]

At the same time we saw the boost in the gaming revenues:

Macau’s gross gaming revenue (GGR) dropped by 90% in September but rose by 229% month-on-month in October. The Individual Visit Scheme resumed mid-September and helped boost the economy in a small way, however, the country expects the tourist arrivals for 2020 to drop by 90%.

The growth of income from games occurs only against the background of September. If you compare this figure with October 2019, it will not be in favor of October 2020. That is why we had to send workers on unpaid leave. Casino is not a place that is vital to people during the pandemic, so many refuse to visit, which affects casino income.

Did you ever heard about planetwin365 sportsbets gambling platform ?
With the pandemic, the company turn the website into an online gaming interface where gamblers can still bet their chances in new online games. It was a wise step to avoid the infection of the pandemic. I would think why all those casinos didn't thought about something similar instead of fire employments. When the workers leave, this is the worst sign the company isn't to be trusted by anybody .

[dunfida]

At the same time we saw the boost in the gaming revenues:

Macau’s gross gaming revenue (GGR) dropped by 90% in September but rose by 229% month-on-month in October. The Individual Visit Scheme resumed mid-September and helped boost the economy in a small way, however, the country expects the tourist arrivals for 2020 to drop by 90%.

The growth of income from games occurs only against the background of September. If you compare this figure with October 2019, it will not be in favor of October 2020. That is why we had to send workers on unpaid leave. Casino is not a place that is vital to people during the pandemic, so many refuse to visit, which affects casino income.

Did you ever heard about planetwin365 sportsbets gambling platform ?
With the pandemic, the company turn the website into an online gaming interface where gamblers can still bet their chances in new online games. It was a wise step to avoid the infection of the pandemic. I would think why all those casinos didn't thought about something similar instead of fire employments. When the workers leave, this is the worst sign the company isn't to be trusted by anybody .

Easy to say but the entire switch up from physical to online will really take up some work and do you really believe that those workers would remain? No it wont yet running an online casino
doesnt really need much of manpower thats why lessening out of employees is inevitable.You cant blame them because its just normal to do actions when your business isnt earning that would
compensate the expenses.

[djgtr]

Most people who've been working that has an offer of unpaid leaves was a contractual employees or their work based on a project employment. Generally, it always happens in time of pandemic that workers in a specific firms aside from casino will undergo this kind of situation. How much more with this type fo business which is an entertainment gambling operation, that caters the money from people who worked from a company and earn fiat money for a living. In this worst situations of health crisis, casino employees will always be affected due to few gamblers will seek pleasures of their money. Average person prefers money for food not wih gambling.

[Darker45]

While this is not everyone wanted to happen, it seems they are left with very limited options. The gambling revenue has stopped for months. The operation was completely halted. It simply cannot support the salaries and wages of workers who are not working at all.

In a way, an unpaid leave is way much better than outright termination or laying off of workers because the business has closed. At the very least, the absence of casino work and wage is temporary for them and they could still look forward to the better days.

I guess they are now on the road to recovery.

[Wexnident]

It really isn't surprising, isn't it? Heck, I'd be glad if they weren't instead given an amount of money and then forced to resign. Casinos are just trying to make ends meet, so I suppose we can't completely blame them. Though they do share the blame, partly, heck, we all were hit by the pandemic so I really doubt pointing fingers is the way we should move forward.

Did you ever heard about planetwin365 sportsbets gambling platform ?
With the pandemic, the company turn the website into an online gaming interface where gamblers can still bet their chances in new online games. It was a wise step to avoid the infection of the pandemic. I would think why all those casinos didn't thought about something similar instead of fire employments. When the workers leave, this is the worst sign the company isn't to be trusted by anybody .

It's not like all staff could help in developing and managing an online interface though? Not to mention that they only need a few people as technical support, and even if we force it to accommodate as much staff as possible, it still isn't enough to give everyone a chance to work. Not to mention that not every staff of a casino is technically inclined to developing, managing and working in a technical support team. Hell, making online casinos actually cut more employees than a physical casino tbh, not to mention that only specialized personnel could help manage said casino.

[TitanGEL]

It also happened into my country wherein there are casinos who have bad management when it comes to their employees where they do not treat is a human, If I'm not mistaken that issue became big and a lot of protest happened outside those casinos because of their poor etiquette to their employees. The good thing is there are now news about a certain casino that are doing malpractices to their employees. The casinos in my country are now opening again after many months of close because of pandemic, the jobs are now increasing and the poverty rate is now decreasing and I'm grateful because the covid cases in my country is continuing to decrease.

[Alucard1]

That's so sad but it is truly happening at our current condition, we are now suffering from the pandemic especially our work outside our home, this pandemic forces some company to lessen their workers just to still enough money for them, well we cannot blame them because that is business and we are all suffering from the pandemic, the good thing here is that on October, they have recovered from the gaming revenue, it happens because the cases of this pandemic become less which results of not having too many restrictions.