The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation is adding a new phone line to help speed up its unemployment insurance claims process.
Bailey Schulz
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Bailey joined the Las Vegas-Review Journal’s business desk in April 2018. She previously worked with the paper in the summer of 2017 as an intern. Prior to her return, she was an intern on Bloomberg News’ energy team. She grew up in Iowa and graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a bachelor of journalism degree in 2017.
The hotel-casino also plans to end health benefits for the former staff members Friday.
After hiring more than 2,000 workers in Nevada, Amazon plans to hire at least another 800 in the state to keep up with increased demand during the COVID-19 outbreak.
The Las Vegas-based slot machine manufacturing company said it was optimistic it would be in a good position when the gaming industry begins to recover from the nationwide casino shutdowns, according to a Tuesday news release.
“If workers aren’t working and not getting paid, they do not pay dues,” union spokeswoman Bethany Khan told the Review-Journal. She added that nearly all of the union’s 60,000 members are laid off.
“Sadly, it is all too common for fraudsters to take advantage of the public during times of great distress and hardship,” Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford said Monday.
A number of Hilton properties, including more than a dozen in Las Vegas, are giving away free hotel room nights for medical personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Eldorado has made the “difficult decision” to furlough a number of corporate and property employees, effective Saturday, according to a letter to employees signed by company CEO Tom Reeg and other executives.
In a Thursday morning virtual meeting, the culinary union’s international president D. Taylor said that states should insist these companies pay their workers during the shutdown.
While the closures were originally set to last until April 16, they have since been expanded by Gov. Steve Sisolak through the end of the month.
Boyd Gaming Corp. is placing most of its staff on unpaid furlough, effective Saturday.
Station Casinos is extending regular pay and health benefits for full-time hourly and salaried employees an additional 15 days through May 15.
Those seeking unemployment insurance benefits should watch out for illegitimate websites, according to a release from the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.
They qualify as independent contractors or self-employed, a spokeswoman for the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation said.
As hotel rooms across the country sit empty amid the COVID-19 pandemic, some operators are offering their properties to health care workers and first responders looking for a place to rest away from home.
