{"id":6642,"date":"2020-05-21T12:10:19","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T12:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=6642"},"modified":"2026-04-24T05:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T08:03:11","slug":"cityofdreams-manila-employees-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cityofdreams-manila-employees-philippines","title":{"rendered":"Paid leave for City of Dreams Manila employees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Non-management employees were given one month&#8217;s paid leave to assist financially during the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Philippines.- City of Dreams Manila has given non-management employees one month&#8217;s paid leave to assist staff financially during the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Melco Resorts-operated casino complex has been closed due to Coronavirus lockdown measures since mid-March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During this period, many employees used their annual leave allowance to ensure they were paid while the casino remained closed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">City of Dreams Manila COO, Kevin Benning, said: &#8220;These are measures that Melco and its management team are undertaking to help ease the burden on our colleagues whose well-being is of paramount importance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The announcement follows the earlier response of the integrated resort to the government&#8217;s call on the private sector in addressing the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We hope that this latest initiative of Melco, along with the advance release last month of the 13th-month pay, will help alleviate the challenges that our colleagues may be facing in these unprecedented times.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this week it was reported that <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/melco-flight-philippines\">Melco Resorts had chartered a flight to take Philippines workers stranded in Macau<\/a><\/em><\/strong> back to their home country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Non-management employees were given one month&#8217;s paid leave to assist financially during the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Melco Resorts' City of Dreams Manila has implemented a one-month paid leave program for non-management employees, alongside advance 13th-month pay and repatriation efforts, to mitigate financial strain during the ongoing Covid-19 operational shutdown. 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