{"id":18873,"date":"2021-06-10T16:02:03","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T16:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=18873"},"modified":"2026-04-23T18:42:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T21:42:56","slug":"imperial-pacific-continues-to-pay-back-wages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/imperial-pacific-continues-to-pay-back-wages","title":{"rendered":"Imperial Pacific continues to pay back wages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Imperial Pacific has said it continues to pay its scheduled back wages payments in full and on time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Northern Mariana Islands.-\u00a0<strong>Imperial Pacific International (IPI)<\/strong>\u00a0has submitted a status report affirming that it paid its third back wages payment to the department\u2019s Wage and Hour Division on time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IPI was accused of not complying with the\u00a0<strong>Fair Labor Standards Act<\/strong>\u00a0by failing to\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/ipi-finds-itself-leaderless-once-again\">pay its employees<\/a>\u00a0during the administration of\u00a0<strong>Donald Browne<\/strong>, who was named chief executive officer of Imperial Pacific International (IPI) last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The court ordered IPI to pay $1.58m in liquidated damages and $200,000 in civil penalties. IPI must make <strong>six more payments of $164,270.08<\/strong>\u00a0to the US Department of Labor before December 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IPI&#8217;s lawyer Michael W. Dotts said that\u00a0<strong>IPI continues to maintain power and water at some worker housing<\/strong>\u00a0as some contract workers continue to live on site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In April, IPI&#8217;s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/imperial-pacific-faces-indefinite-gaming-licence-suspension\">gaming licence was suspended<\/a>\u00a0indefinitely as the operator failed to comply with regulatory orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Commonwealth Casino Commission board has ordered&nbsp;<strong>IPI to pay a penalty of US$6.6m<\/strong>, an annual casino exclusive licence fee of US$15.5m and&nbsp;<strong>annual casino regulatory fees of US$3.1m<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Commonwealth Casino Commission (CCC), IPI <strong>violated five orders\u00a0<\/strong>including a failure to pay\u00a0<strong>its US$3.1m annual regulatory fee\u00a0<\/strong>in 2020 and failure to<strong>\u00a0comply with an order to settle debts<\/strong>\u00a0with vendors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imperial Pacific has said it continues to pay its scheduled back wages payments in full and on time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":16856,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Imperial Pacific International (IPI) continues to address its financial obligations, confirming timely back wages payments to the US Department of Labor following Fair Labor Standards Act violations. 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