December 14th, 2010 – by Glen Farmer
After a series of protests regarding the distribution of funds related to oil spill compensations, casino employees may soon be entitled to receive reparations for damages related to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Recently, the agency charged with the task of paying Gulf of Mexico oil spill claims has been seeking information from casinos that could ultimately be used to distribute funds to potential claimants who had been denied damage claims in the past.
Over the next week, casino employees should be receiving letters that detail the options that casino employees have in the claims process.
Mississippi casino employees made the claim that the oil spill had adversely affected their ability to earn. Tips and hourly wages are reported to be down due to the oil spill.
In order to prove that casino employees are deserving of the money from the claims, they will have to show what tips would have been if the oil spill had never occurred.
According to Attorney Kenneth Feinberg, the main who oversees the claims funds, the casino employees had been rejected due to revenue generally being up. Casino employees retorted with the fact that, although the casino is doing well, the employees may be suffering from reduced voluntary spending.