![]() ![]() ![]() It enshrined protections for hospitality workers who lost their job due to the pandemic by mandating employers to offer former employees their previous jobs or a similar position if one becomes available. The Right to Return law, or Senate Bill 386, went into effect July 1, 2021. “They need to do the right thing - their current and former employers demand and deserve justice.” “Station Casinos, which fought enactment of the law every step of the way, isn’t following the law,” union Secretary-Treasurer Ted Pappageorge said Tuesday. The union is throwing its weight behind the workers even though it does not represent them. The Culinary Union, a driving force behind the bill during the 2021 Legislature, hosted a press conference Tuesday morning with many of the employees. ![]() The former and current Station Casinos employees are seeking damages, civil penalties, back pay and reinstatement to positions for which they are qualified. The 55-page lawsuit, filed in a Clark County court, accuses Station Casinos of failing to comply with the law, which requires certain employers to give hospitality workers who lost their job due to the pandemic the chance to return to work. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) group of 76 hospitality workers filed a mass tort lawsuit Tuesday morning against one of Nevada’s largest gaming companies over suspected violations of the state’s Right to Return law. Palace Station photographed on Thursday, May 21, 2020, in Las Vegas. ![]()
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