Melco adds additional time off as new employee benefit

Just about the only thing more valuable than money is time. Melco is hoping that rings true for its employees, as the Macau casino operator has announced additional rest days for their non-management employees.

The new policy will take effect July 1, 2019. It states that if an employee has a rest day on a statutory holiday, they will gain an additional rest day. They can then have that additional day off within 30 days, before or after, the holiday, whenever the company tells them they can have it.

There are 20 statutory holidays in 2019, so this new policy will add some time off for a good chunk of Melco’s work force.

Melco Resorts Chairman and CEO Lawrence Ho Yau said of the new policy, “In the Chinese New Year, we are pleased to announce the new arrangements on additional rest days for our non-management operational colleagues who are, together with all Melco employees, highly valued and appreciated.”