Comments on: Steve Wynn, chintzier by the day http://www.valleyblogs.com/mckee/2007-04-10/id_2221 Las Vegas blogs operated by Stephens Media. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:29:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: David Huntington http://www.valleyblogs.com/mckee/2007-04-10/id_2221#comment-86627 David Huntington Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.valleyblogs.com/mckee/2007-04-10/id_2221#comment-86627 * What if we start employees at $6.15/hour and then, after Nevada's standard, 90-day probationary period, cut them to $5.15/hour once their health plan kicks in? ("… provided it gave the Employee seven days' notice as required." Such generosity may cause me to weep.) YOU MEAN LIKE STATION CASINOS ALREADY DOES? What if Wynn offers health benefits but the employee doesn't take them (say, because his wife already provides coverage through her job). Can Wynn impose the lower ($5.15/hour) rate on the employee anyway? NEVER HAPPEN BECAUSE IF THE SPOUSES EMPLOYER FINDS OUT HE OR SHE REFUSED COVERAGE, THE COVERED EMPLOYEES INSURANCE WILL DROP THE SPOUSE. * What if we start employees at $6.15/hour and then, after Nevada’s standard, 90-day probationary period, cut them to $5.15/hour once their health plan kicks in? (”… provided it gave the Employee seven days’ notice as required.” Such generosity may cause me to weep.)

YOU MEAN LIKE STATION CASINOS ALREADY DOES?

What if Wynn offers health benefits but the employee doesn’t take them (say, because his wife already provides coverage through her job). Can Wynn impose the lower ($5.15/hour) rate on the employee anyway?

NEVER HAPPEN BECAUSE IF THE SPOUSES EMPLOYER FINDS OUT HE OR SHE REFUSED COVERAGE, THE COVERED EMPLOYEES INSURANCE WILL DROP THE SPOUSE.

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