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TDHC employees cry foul over delayed salary
Employees of Tinian Dynasty Hotel and Casino have yet to receive their salary from last payday, June 12, according to several staff who contacted Saipan Tribune.
Tinian Dynasty is the CNMI’s only casino. Saipan Tribune emailed the casino hotel’s general manager Christopher Bishop, but he has yet to respond to queries as of press time.
Employees, who want to remain anonymous, said they feel bad that their employer has failed to pay what is owed to them, adding that they desperately need their salary to pay their bills and buy food for their family.
“I went to the bank to check if my money was in, but it’s not. Nothing is in there. I haven’t got paid since last Friday and up until now,” said one Tinian Dynasty employee who called Saipan Tribune.
Another employee, who also wants to remain anonymous, said that he did not get paid as well.
“This is a repeat again. I thought it all had ended two years ago. But what is happening now? I like what I am doing and I don’t want this to happen. I need to get paid,” said the employee.
Another employee who contacted the Saipan Tribune yesterday said he heard payroll will resume this coming Friday, June 19.
“That is not fair, because payday is next week as well. Who is to say they won’t pay us again next week. I don’t know if it is because of the money that they are being fined for, I don’t know if they are going bankrupt, but I haven’t received payment,” he said.
Tinian Dynasty’s purported payroll woes comes weeks after the U.S. Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) fined Hong Kong Entertainment Overseas) Investments, Ltd. a whopping $75 million for “willful and egregious violations” of the Bank Secrecy Act earlier this month.
FinCen added that Tinian Dynasty’s owner also failed to develop and implement an anti-money laundering program to ensure ongoing compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act.
This is not the first time that employees of Tinian Dynasty cried foul over not getting their salary. In June 2013, staff called local newspapers to complain about the non-payment of their salaries, which at that time stretched as far back as nine payrolls.
