{"id":13674,"date":"2021-01-22T22:40:40","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T22:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=13674"},"modified":"2026-04-23T22:26:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T01:26:47","slug":"kangwon-land-puts-employees-on-mandatory-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/kangwon-land-puts-employees-on-mandatory-leave","title":{"rendered":"Kangwon Land puts employees on mandatory leave"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Almost 2,000 Kangwon Land workers are on unpaid leave and will receive reduced pay until at least the end of the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>South Korea.- Close to 2,000 staff at <strong>Kangwon Land<\/strong> have been on <strong>mandatory leave<\/strong> since December 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The operator of the only casino in South Korea where locals are allowed to legally gamble has confirmed that employees were first put on<strong> unpaid leave <\/strong>and were now receiving<strong> reduced pay.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 1,958 employees affected are now receiving <strong>70 per cent <\/strong>of their monthly base salary as \u201curgent livelihood support\u201d, the operator said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Staff are expected to go back to work on <strong>January 31<\/strong>, although the period could be extended if measures against Covid-19 remain in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/casinos-in-south-korea-extend-covid-19-closures-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lockdown<\/a><\/em> <\/strong>of South Korean casinos has been <strong>extended several times<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kangwon Land has been <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/casinos-in-south-korea-extend-covid-19-closures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">closed since December 8<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/strong> when the South Korean government increased the level of alert in Busan and Seoul due to a rise in Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost 2,000 Kangwon Land workers are on unpaid leave and will receive reduced pay until at least the end of the month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13676,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Kangwon Land, South Korea's exclusive casino permitting local patrons, has placed nearly 2,000 employees on mandatory reduced-pay leave since December 29th due to extended COVID-19-related operational closures. 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