US Casino giant fires 18,000 workers. Panama ponders
,While gambling addicts in Panama struggle with withdrawal symptoms and casino owners ponder the future of the industry the American casino giant, MGM Resorts International, hit by the closure or low activity of its establishments due to the coronavirus pandemic , have announced the permanent dismissal in the United States of 18,000 people who were on technical unemployment.
“Although we resumed our activities in complete safety in a large part of our properties and rehired tens of thousands of people, we do not return to our full operational capacity,” explained the firm’s director general Bill Hornbuckle.
Federal law requires companies to give a termination date for employees on a technical strike “who are not rehired for six months,” the company’s CEO said.
Unfortunately, August 31 is the date of dismissal for thousands of MGM Resorts employees who we have not been able to take back yet, he summarized.
The company that owns, among others, the famous Bellagio and Mandalay Bay hotels in Las Vegas, Nevada (western), employed about 70,000 people in the country at the end of 2019.
But like airlines and cruise groups, they were hit hard by COVID-19 and the mobility restrictions. Some establishments such as MGM Resorts Empire City in New York State and Park MGM in Las Vegas are still closed.
