{"id":777028747,"date":"2025-07-07T09:50:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T12:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777028747"},"modified":"2026-04-21T21:13:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T00:13:06","slug":"labour-affairs-bureau-concerned-about-satellite-casinos-workers-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/labour-affairs-bureau-concerned-about-satellite-casinos-workers-rights","title":{"rendered":"Labour Affairs Bureau says no voluntary resignation programs for satellite casino workers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The bureau says no gaming operator is offering voluntary resignation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- The Labour Affairs Bureau has said that no gaming operator is offering a voluntary resignation programme to workers affected by the upcoming closure of <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/special-report-how-is-the-closure-of-satellite-casinos-change-the-gaming-landscape-in-macau\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/special-report-how-is-the-closure-of-satellite-casinos-change-the-gaming-landscape-in-macau\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">satellite casinos<\/a>. It said it had contacted the three relevant gaming concessionaires for confirmation. It noted that it had not received any complaints or requests for assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chief executive Sam Hou Fai has said the government <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-government-to-launch-support-measures-for-satellite-casinos-workers-near-closing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-government-to-launch-support-measures-for-satellite-casinos-workers-near-closing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">will ensure gaming concessionaires allocate positions for local workers<\/a> impacted by the closure of satellite casinos. Of the 5,600 local employees affected, 4,800 are directly employed by gaming concessionaires. The remaining 800 are contracted by satellite-casino operators and are expected to be be reassigned within parent companies under the terms of the Labour Relations Law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least nine of the city\u2019s 11 satellite casinos are to cease operations by December 31. The casinos are: SJM\u2019s Casino Grandview, Casino Legend Palace, Casino Fortuna, Casino Landmark, Casino Ponte 16, Casino Le Royal Arc, Casino Emperor Palace, Casino Kam Pek Paradise and Casino Casa Real; Melco\u2019s Casino Grand Dragon and Galaxy\u2019s Casino Waldo.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/Macau-government-conference-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-satellite-casinos-to-shut-down-by-year-end-government-says'>Macau satellite casinos to shut by year-end, government says<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bureau says no gaming operator is offering voluntary resignation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":218,"featured_media":777027981,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Labour Affairs Bureau confirms no voluntary resignation programs are offered by Macau gaming concessionaires for workers affected by the impending satellite casino closures. The government has committed to ensuring the reallocation of approximately 5,600 local employees, with 4,800 directly employed by concessionaires and 800 by satellite operators to be reassigned within parent companies.","focusai_entities":"Labour Affairs Bureau, Sam Hou Fai, SJM, Melco, Galaxy, Casino Grandview, Casino Legend Palace, Casino Fortuna, Casino Landmark, Casino Ponte 16, Casino Le Royal Arc, Casino Emperor Palace, Casino Kam Pek Paradise, Casino Casa Real, Casino Grand Dragon, Casino Waldo","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Labor Reallocation Impact?","query":"What are the specific financial and operational implications for the gaming concessionaires mandated to absorb 4,800 local workers from the closing satellite casinos?"},{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Details?","query":"How will the Labour Affairs Bureau monitor and enforce the reallocation of the 800 contracted satellite-casino workers to ensure compliance with the Labour Relations Law within parent companies?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338],"tags":[257,24806],"class_list":["post-777028747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-macau","tag-satellite-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777028747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777028747"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777028747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777028760,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777028747\/revisions\/777028760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777027981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777028747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777028747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777028747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}