The casino provides free healthcare coverage for its employees and does offer healthcare coverage for the spouses and children of its employees. Indeed, it appears that the pay for many casino occupations falls below the California average wage for that occupation. The wages paid by Agua Caliente Casino generally fail to provide employees with a modest standard of living.

Significant Findings Among the significant findings of our report are the following: 1. The casino has been financially successful. The casino opened in April The center of the casino is its more than 1,100 slots and video poker machines. This casino is located outside Rancho Mirage, a few miles from Palm Springs in Southern California. Agua Caliente Casino Our study focused on the eligible employees at Agua Caliente Casino. Our report does not consider the situation of higher paid supervisors and managers. These employees are workers at a tribal casino who if they chose can vote to join a union. You will hear this term eligible employee many times during my testimony. The full report, Wages and Healthcare Benefits of Workers at Agua Caliente Casino, has been submitted to the committee and is available to others The information in our report is for employees classified as eligible employees by the Tribal Labor Relations Ordinance. Today I will summarize the results presented in a report I coauthored with Angela Jamison, of UCLA, and David Farris, of UC Riverside. I am Professor of Economics at the California State University San Bernardino. Professor of Economics California State University San Bernardino Good morning. 1 Wages and Healthcare Benefits of Workers at Agua Caliente Casino Testimony before the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services ApEric Nilsson, Ph.D.

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