The Macau Gaming Companies Employees Association reported that around 60% of casino workers were forced to take unpaid leave in the country. The survey gathered responses from 611 casino employees.
According to the Macau Daily Times, the worker’s experience is an important factor: the longer the worker’s time, the more likely he or she will be placed on unpaid leave. Despite the dismissed employees feeling worried, the survey says that only 8% think about moving to another sector.
The Macau Gaming Association offered several alternatives to help workers: the government could regulate unpaid vacations, measures could be implemented aimed at an economic recovery, workers could receive additional training and the foreign employment share should be adjusted to protect workers. local officials.
Macau continues to suffer the effects of the pandemic of the new coronavirus in progress, despite a slight recovery presented by the industry. Macau’s gross gaming revenue (GGR) decreased by 90% in September, but increased by 229% over the previous month in October.
The Individual Visits Program resumed in mid-September and helped to boost the local economy. However, the country’s government already expects the inflow of tourists in 2020 to drop by 90%.
Effects of coronavirus in Macau
The fact is that Macau was one of the first territories to be affected by the pandemic, having registered 46 positive cases for COVID-19. Fortunately, the site has no active cases at the moment and has not recorded any deaths since the beginning of the health crisis.
However, the global situation is much more complex with 50 million reported cases. So far, approximately 33 million patients have recovered from the disease, while the number of fatalities has exceeded the 1.2 million mark.
