Pay up!

In the wake of the announced forfeiture of the hotel license by the operators of the Beijing Imperial Palace Hotel, Macau Hotel Developers Limited, a number of former workers and service providers of the companies linked to the property are seeking legal and governmental means to recover the funds they are owed.
Announced yesterday by the Labour Credit Guarantee Fund, are two separate cases to be settled by the fund for compensation relating to employees under both the license forfeiter, Macau Hotel Developers Limited, and the gaming arm of the property, run by Greek Mythology Entertainment Group Corporation Limited.
A total of 23 former workers of the Greek Mythology Casino are claiming damages amounting to MOP1.32 million in back-pay, to be paid out by the fund within eight days of the initial notice, it was announced yesterday. A single employee is also seeking MOP78,000 in pay owed by Macau Hotel Developers Limited, to be paid out by the fund.
Furthermore, seeking legal action against the Greek Mythology Entertainment Group is security company Guardforce (Macau), to the amount of about MOP3.36 million as well as interest payments, as announced yesterday by the Court of First Instance. The company has 30 days to contest the action.
Previous data supplied by the group in October stated that 281 employees had filed complaints regarding unpaid salaries. In the same month, about 10 employees from the property staged a protest, threatening to jump from a ledge of the building. The protest lasted around two hours.
Business Daily requested updated information on the total number of complaints received from former employees of the hotel and casino, however had not received a reply by the time this went to print.