Title 7 — Government Employees

The general purpose of this chapter is to establish for the government a system of personnel administration which will assure equitable treatment of employees of the government and a merit system based on recognized principles of appointment, promotion, termination, and other asp…

For the purposes of this chapter: (a) “Disabled veteran” means an individual who has served on active duty in the armed forces of the United States, has been separated therefrom under honorable conditions, and has established the present existence of a service-connected disabilit…

The career service includes all employees of the government except contract employees, federal employees, district, county, and village officials, members and employees of the Legislature and judges. Notwithstanding the above, the employees of the Legislative Reference Bureau, ex…

(a) It is the declared policy of the government that all appointments and promotions to positions in the career service of the government shall be made solely on the basis of merit, fitness, and length and quality of previous service. (b) Merit and fitness shall, whenever practic…

(a) Applicants to the career service shall be required to take preemployment physical examinations. (b) Any person entering the career service shall be a resident of American Samoa and either an American Samoan or an American national at the time he enters the service. If no resi…

(a) The Director of Manpower Resources shall establish the procedure for filling vacancies in the career service on a permanent basis from among eligible candidates for employment. (b) When practicable, competitive examinations shall be held, resulting in establishment of registe…

(a) Appointments shall be in one of the following categories: (1) Appointment. Appointment without time limitations, to a position in the career service, of any eligible candidate selected from an appropriate examination or applicant supply file certificate as described in sectio…

An individual employed in the career service, who is ordered to active or reserve duty in the armed forces of the United States, is entitled within 120 days after his release from duty under honorable conditions, to be restored to the position in the career service held by him wh…

A preference eligible who has been separated or furloughed from the career service without delinquency or misconduct, on request, is entitled to have his name placed in the appropriate register or applicant supply file for every position for which his qualifications have been est…

Any person who willfully makes false statements concerning a material matter on any application for employment with the government shall be fined in an amount not to exceed $100, or imprisoned for not more than 6 months, or both. History: 1962, PL 7-22.

(a) Employees appointed without time limitation in the career service shall serve a probationary period of 1 calendar year from the effective date of such appointment during which period their service may be terminated at any time without a hearing as provided under section 7.080…

All members of the career service shall be residents of American Samoa during the term of their employment. History: 1962, PL 7-22; 1967, PL 10-30; 1970, PL 11-98.

All members of the career service shall take annual physical examinations. History: 1962, PL 7-22; 1967, PL 10-30; 1971, PL 12-27 § 2.

(a) Subject to subsection (b), the head of each department and independent agency in the executive branch of the government shall obtain, under rules adopted by the Treasurer, blanket, position schedule, or other types of surety bonds covering the officers and employees of the de…