Wages of some 350 workers employed by Fontana Leisure Parks and Casino in Clark, Pampanga have been delayed.
The salaries of some 350 workers employed by Fontana Leisure Parks and Casino in Clark have been delayed since November 2024, according to a Rappler report.
Fontana had been tagged in renting units to Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) business partners of now-dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo - namely Huang Zhiyang and Zhang Ruijin and Lin Baoying.
Fontana's own human resource manager Dennis David said the management has "refused to provide feedback on the employees' delayed salaries."
Fontana employees, according to safety officer and family welfare program chairperson Allan Resma, have not received their paychecks for November 15th, November 30th, and December 15th, nor have they received their legally required 13th-month pay.
“Ang lungkot kasi tatlong sahod na kaming hindi sumusuweldo. Saan kukuha ng pagkain ’yan? Yung ibang empleyado namin putol na ’yung kuryente,” Resma told Rappler in an interview on December 18. (It’s just sad because we haven’t been paid three salaries. Where are they going to get food? Some of our employees, their electricity has been cut off.)
Resma stated that management provided no advance notice or explanation for the missing payments, simply telling employees to wait. He added that they were later informed that salary disbursement was at the management's discretion.
Resma said Fontana had a list of Chinese managers and that all the remaining Chinese nationals in the hotel-resort are documented.
Last June following the raid, Clark Development Corp. threatened to cancel Fontana's lease agreement. Fontana responded, saying the raided villas "were already sold by Fontana to the owners."
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