Gaming worker associations are demanding the MSAR Government revise the Labour Relations Law in order to solve the issue of long hours worked by casino employees, local news broadcaster TDM reported.
“Gambling staff work over 48 hours per week, they don’t have enough time to rest (…) and their working environment is not good,” the Macau Federation of Trade Unions vice-president told TDM.
The MSAR Government has stated it would improve the current labour law enforced in 2008, with gaming worker groups considering that with the first gaming concessions expected to be revised in 2020, this is the appropriate time for a labour law update.
The 20-year gaming licenses granted to Sociedade de Jogos de Macau (SJM) and MGM China Holdings Ltd are set to expire in 2020, while the licenses of Melco Resorts & Entertainment, Sands China Ltd. (Sands China), Wynn Resorts (Macau) S.A. and Galaxy Entertainment Group are all set to expire in 2022.
Although gaming worker representatives consider that labour conditions have improved since the liberalisation of the gaming market in Macau, they believe further improvements can still be made to the working conditions of the almost 50,000 gambling employees working at the city’s 38 casinos.