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"When the Mohegan Tribe announced plans for a $10 million on-site child-care facility for employees' children, Foxwoods countered with a reimbursement program that pays workers up to $100 each month for every child in eligible day care.

"Last spring Mohegan Sun said it was offering an employer-paid retirement savings plan and Foxwoods responded with the announcement of a rewards program that pays bonuses to nonsupervisory workers.

"Mohegan Sun upped the ante in its efforts to hire 3,500 new workers last summer and said it would pay a $500 bonus for every successful employee an existing worker recruited. Foxwoods, which had been paying employees a $200 bonus for referrals, upped its fee to $600.

"...As a result, both casinos offer such extensive benefit packages — even part-timers are eligible for many benefits — that other employers in the region find it difficult to recruit and retain employees.

"…Each casino offers a comprehensive medical, dental and vision package, as well as matching 401(k) plans, life insurance, tuition reimbursement, and disability insurance. Workers get free meals, holiday appreciation parties and on-site training.

"At Foxwoods, a coveted benefit is a free prescription drug program, with no cost at all for many medications filled at the tribal pharmacy.

"Mohegan Sun offers health benefits to domestic partners of full- and part-time workers, one of just a handful of employers in the state to offer coverage to same-sex and opposite-sex partners who are not married…"

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