Sands China gives workers a pay rise

Sands China today announced a salary increase of 3.5 percent for its team members who have completed at least one full year of service as of July 1, 2010 and are still in employment as of August 31, 2010, sources told Macau Business. The salary increase was announced to workers in a message from Irwin Abe Siegel, member of the board of directors of Sands China Ltd. dated today. The salary adjustment is effective from July 1 2010 and the actual increase will be reflected in the August payroll. According to sources contacted by Macau Business, around two thirds of Sands China’s 18,000 workers will benefit from this wage increase.