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TexasTowelie

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Fri Jul 15, 2016, 03:28 AM Jul 2016

Over 200 employees expected to leave Northern Mariana Islands casino

The executive director of the regulatory body overseeing day-to-day operations of the Saipan casino says the casino is “hurting” with the ongoing contract worker crisis amid a breached cap on workers this fiscal year that is expected to shepherd out some 1,300 foreign workers from the Commonwealth by October.

Commonwealth Casino Commission executive director Edward C. Deleon Guerrero told Saipan Tribune that for July, the Best Sunshine International, Ltd. casino has over 130 affected employees who’ve had to leave the Commonwealth. June saw around 90 employees leave the casino.

“But that’s just what we’ve licensed,” he added in an interview, saying that exact number would have to be checked with BSI.

Casino executives have never bothered to respond to multiple emails forward to them through a casino lawyer on the extent of the impact of the breached cap.

Read more: http://www.saipantribune.com/index.php/200-employees-expected-leave-casino/

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Over 200 employees expected to leave Northern Mariana Islands casino (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2016 OP
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