A bounced check of almost $10,000 and disconnected telephone service at Club Land'or are just some of the latest signs of financial trouble at the Paradise Island property.
After finally producing several long-awaited checks owed to employees from salary deductions taken but never deposited to their credit union, the property is now unable to make good on that effort.  That's due to the absence of funds in the resort's account to pay out the funds for employees, according to President of the National Co-operative Credit Union (NWCCU), Alfred Poitier.
"It means their employees, whose salaries were deducted are at a disadvantage because their loans, can't be paid," he told Guardian Business.
"These people cannot get moneys assigned to particular savings accounts because the funds just were not cleared."
In an attempt to get a response from the property, Guardian Business discovered that all of the company's listed phone numbers had been disconnected.  Emails to Club Land'or's General Manager, Winston Williamson, went unanswered up to press time yesterday.
Poitier confirms, however, that out of the three checks he received from the property, one had bounced.  He has been unable to get more information on the matter from the hotel executives since.
The property was recently put on the market, as the global economy quelled occupancy levels for almost all properties on Paradise Island and New Providence.  A $45 million price tag is now attached to the well-known membership club and hotel.
Just last month, Club Land'or faced the threat of legal action related to the thousands of dollars in employee salary deductions allegedly taken but never, in fact, deposited to their credit unions.
It's a situation that came to a head when several employees in the hotel's timeshare department  found themselves unable to get money for vacation and back-to-school shopping recently.  That's despite saving for months with that intent in mind.
"It's hard to save," said one employee who did not want to be identified.  "But I try to save because I have four kids, so it's easy to have it deducted and sent to the credit union.
"And then I found out that [my debt] hasn't been serviced in seven months."
For Poitier, the situation has become all too familiar for him, with Club Land'or defaulting on their employee payments several times over the years.
"We have been trying to work with Club Land'or with what they should do in terms of delivering salaries deducted to credit unions as arranged, however they chose to do otherwise," he told Guardian Business earlier.  "We are going to seek legal action against them."
Though Guardian Business spoke directly with General Manager Winston Williamson, as well as sent questions in writing, inquiries remained unanswered up to press time last night.
In December, a dispute over thousands of dollars in unpaid Christmas bonuses and salaries led to a protest by Club Land'or employees.  The protest came after the resort's staff waited weeks for a payment that was already agreed upon by the union and hotel management.
Following the protest Club Land'or executives had to pay out just over $15,000 to be shared equally between the roughly 60 workers at the property.

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