Wynn Resorts announced Wednesday that the Las Vegas-based company will extend paying all salaried, hourly and part-time employees through May 15, for a total of 60 days of payroll continuance.
According to the company, officials decided to take this action as part of Wynn’s shared responsibility for the health and safety of its employees, their families and the Las Vegas and Greater Boston communities during this pandemic.
Payroll coverage will include more than 15,000 current Wynn and Encore employees. For tipped employees, it includes the average tip compliance rate or distributed tips/tokes since the beginning of the year.
Wynn Las Vegas and Encore announced the closure of their operations on March 16, a measure that was initially supposed to last two weeks.
"It is our shared responsibility to follow the direction of health and safety professionals to stay home, and limit social contact," said Wynn Resorts CEO Matt Maddox. "We owe it to each other, our families and to our community."