IMPERIAL Pacific International LLC has obtained Bank of Guam cashed checks for payroll ending on Jan. 15, 2021 said attorney Michael Dotts in IPI’s 23rd status report to the federal court.
BoG produced the documents on June 17, 2021 pursuant to IPI’s subpoena, he added.
“IPI will now work with the United States Department of Labor to resolve the issue over how much is still owed to IPI employees,” he added.
On Friday, June 18, 2021, payroll was issued by IPI without issue, Dotts said. “IPI’s next payroll is to be distributed on July 2, 2021 (Payroll 14).”
As for the settlement payments, Dotts said no settlement payment was due during the reporting period. “IPI’s next settlement payment is due on Thursday, July 1, 2021,” Dotts added.
There are no changes to report regarding the employees’ housing and food as well as repatriation, he said.
Construction work at the Imperial Pacific Resort in Garapan remains suspended as ordered by the court, he added.
Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona had ordered IPI and former IPI chairwoman Cui Li Jie to purge their contempt by paying $1,182,793 owed as back wages under the 2019 consent judgment or go into receivership.
The total amount owed under the previous consent judgment was $3,360,000.
IPI had paid a total of $1,929,425.28 toward the consent judgment from March 2019 to March 2021. The remaining balance was $1,430,574 plus $47,856 wages owed for a total amount of $1,478,430.
IPI was ordered to make incremental monthly payments of $164,270.08 from April 1, 2021 to Dec. 1, 2021 for a total amount of $1,478,430.72 according to the modified consent judgement.
To date, IPI has made payments from April to June totaling $492,810.24.
IPI is also required by the federal court to file weekly status updates regarding its progress in purging contempt, and in paying the remaining amounts in the consent judgement as well as unpaid wages.
