Macau casino junket operator Jimei Group has reportedly fired 20 employees and more layoffs are on the way due to decreasing action at its VIP gaming rooms.

On Tuesday, Macau Business Daily quoted Ieong Man Teng, president of casino labor union Forefront of Macau Gaming (FMG), who said he learned of the dismissals from two of the 20 workers who found themselves out of a job and requested assistance from FMG.

Ieong said most of those who got the sack were employees with bad performance records. But Ieong said there were also some Jimei staffers who’d been “unreasonably dismissed,” including those who recently returned to Macau following business trips.

Ieong noted that this latter group had been “compensated by their boss based on the labor law” but FMG was nonetheless discussing the matter with the Labor Affairs Bureau to see if there were any other actions that could be taken on behalf of the unreasonably dismissed staff.