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Wynn Resorts extends full pay and benefits for Las Vegas employees, offering free testing

Posted at 3:57 PM, May 06, 2020
and last updated 2020-05-07 11:58:47-04

Wynn Resorts, the world's leading resort company based in Las Vegas, announced today that the company will extend paying all salaried, hourly and part-time employees through May 31, for a total of 75 days of payroll continuance.

More than 15,000 current Wynn and Encore employees will continue to receive payroll coverage, which includes the average tip compliance rate or distributed tips/tokes for tipped employees.

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In total, the company will invest close to $250 million in payroll expense.

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In addition to the payroll continuance, the Company recently announced a partnership with University Medical Center (UMC) that allows all employees of Wynn Las Vegas to have access to testing for the COVID-19 virus at no cost to the employee.

The testing will begin on Monday.