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Malta: Casino workers in limbo13 May 2009MALTA -- As reported by Malta Today: "Government's unexplained decision to issue a late call for expressions of interest for operators to take over the Dragonara Casino, has seriously compromised the fate of 220 employees who lay in a limbo as to what is going to happen to them once their current employers', Accor-Barrier, concession expires in just a month. "The employees are justified to be worried about their fate, as their outgoing concessionaires have been repeatedly sending clear signals to government that the current conditions – brought about by the same government – "highly discourage" them to continue their operation, even though they are being urged to extend their operation until January 2010. "Speaking to MaltaToday a Casino spokesperson expressed his disappointment with government for having "prejudiced" the sector by failing to regulate gambling outlets that have proliferated around the island..." |