Same legal rights for gaming workers at satellite casinos

The MSAR government makes it a priority to protect the legal rights of all the gaming workers in the city, including the ones working at satellite casinos, according to Paulo Martins Chan, director of the Gaming Inspection and Co-ordination Bureau (DICJ).
The comment came in response to a written enquiry filed by legislator Ella Lei Cheng I, urging the government to set up measures to ensure the rights of gaming workers at satellite casinos.
Director Chan noted that all employers are required to provide the best working conditions and benefits to employees, regardless of whether the property is directly under a concessionaire or sub-concessionaire, or set up as a satellite under one of them.
Director Chan added that the operations of satellite casinos are monitored by the DICJ on a regular basis, under the same monitoring mechanisms used for the six gaming operators in the city.
However, the DICJ head pointed out that, currently, the government does not require satellite casinos to hire their workers from the six gaming operators, and hotel or junket operators can hire their own labour.
In addition, legislator Lei also filed a written enquiry yesterday to urge the government to establish relevant measures in order to prohibit non-resident workers holding tourist visas from working illegally in the city, and asked the government to announce a timetable for implementing such a measure as soon as possible.