Employment and Employment Contracts; When Forbidden

No contract of employment shall be entered into between the government of Guam and any employee or officer in the unclassified service within the government of Guam unless such employment contract is specifically permitted by law or is for a physician or dentist. Such employment shall be effected through the standard form of personnel action. This Section shall not affect the ability of the government of Guam to contract for temporary services or for specific contracts not involving an employment relationship with the government of Guam, but shall apply to a contract which is essentially a contract for full time personal services; provided, however, that the executive branch and the autonomous agencies and instrumentalities of the government of Guam may contract for the independent services of any retired employee of the government of Guam, who shall not receive thereunder the standard government of Guam retirement benefits given non-contract employees; and provided, further, that, in addition, the executive branch and the autonomous agencies and instrumentalities of the government of Guam may also hire under independent contracts persons who do not wish to be full time employees (2080 hours per year) and who agree that they shall not receive any of the benefits given full time non-contractual employees of the government of Guam. SOURCE: Added as 4 GCA § 2107 by P.L. 17-003:2 (Mar. 1, 1983). Recodified and renumbered as § 2103m by P.L. 22-108:14 (Apr. 1, 1994), renumbered pursuant to 1 GCA § 1606. Amended by P.L. 22-144:2 (Dec. 27, 1994).