The fallout from IPI\u2019s inability to hold up its end of the agreement over the years reaches much further than its own pocketbook. It owes tens of millions of dollars to the CNMI in license fees and other payments.<\/p>\n
Some of this money funds the territory\u2019s pension fund. However, as a result of the non-payment, the government will have difficulty covering the 25% contribution the fund would have otherwise received.<\/p>\n
Adding to its ongoing legal problems, IPI now has to contend with another lawsuit. A group of former Turkish employees who worked in construction jobs at Imperial Palace is suing over discrimination.<\/p>\n
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The group sued earlier this year before Manglona dismissed the case. She allowed the workers to refile and they\u2019re now returning. They seek a class-action lawsuit that could involve around 107 Turkish workers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The group claims that IPI hired them under the US H-2B visa program, just like it did for workers from other areas, such as Taiwan. However, despite performing the exact same jobs, the Taiwanese workers received higher pay.<\/p>\n
The Turkish workers want compensation to cover the pay difference, as well as compensatory and punitive damages and legal fees. The lawsuit doesn\u2019t detail the exact amount they\u2019re seeking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Imperial Pacific International (IPI) has been close to losing control of the Imperial Palace casino in Saipan for years, but always finds a way to stay in the game. It was reportedly going to have a settlement in place with the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) by July 18. However, there is still nothing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":222284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69069,33810],"tags":[81913,13363,81895],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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