Title 4 — Public Officers and Employees

No classified full-time nursing and other healthcare professional positions in the government of Guam shall be recruited as Temporary Appointments (TA) or Limited-Term Appointments (LTA), except as provided under Section 11 of P.L. 20-218. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 24-325:14 (Dec. 30…

A graduate nurse of a Board-approved Guam or U.S. nursing program may be recruited by the government agencies as a graduate nurse. The graduate nurse must be a recent graduate with verification from the Board that he/she has submitted an application to take the national examinati…

Government of Guam agencies who recruit nurses shall be authorized to hire nurses and graduate nurses as “known-promotion potential” on nursing classification series, as provided in the Government of Guam Personnel Rules and Regulations and Operations Procedure Manual. SOURCE: Ad…

All government of Guam agencies shall be exempted from the government of Guam Department of Administration recruitment process for the hiring of nurses and other healthcare professional positions. All nursing and other healthcare professional applicants, who have a license to pra…

The provisions of this Act shall be implemented in Fiscal Year 2002. The Director of Administration shall transmit a status report three (2) months after the enactment of this Act, and upon implementation of the provisions. The Administrator, Bureau of Family Health and Nursing S…

The Director of Administration shall meet annually with the Guam Nurses Association Commission on Nursing Leadership to address recruitment and retention incentives for nurses. The salary schedules of the nurses shall be reviewed by the Director of Administration every three (3) …

The Director of Administration, in collaboration with the government of Guam agencies’ nursing administrators, shall update the class specifications pertaining to duties, requirements and experience of all nursing classifications. The class specifications shall be re-evaluated ev…

The Guam Nurses Association Commission on Nursing Leadership shall be recognized by I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan and I Liheslaturan Guåhan as the collective voice and advocate for nursing and the professional experts to address nursing shortage, health and nursing issues, recru…

Nurses and other healthcare professionals in the government of Guam shall be given above-step compensation commensurate to the education and experience that exceed the minimum requirements. The Director of Administration shall establish the pay adjustment schedule specific to thi…

The Director of Administration shall implement a certification pay differential for all nursing and other healthcare professional positions in the government of Guam. Nurses and other healthcare professionals who have a national or Guam Board certification, and are practicing in …

The following work compensation shall apply to all nursing and other healthcare professionals essential to the delivery of patient care services: (a) The workweek shall consist of any combination of straight time, overtime and holiday time to a total of forty (40) hours. All nurs…

Nursing and other healthcare administrators shall be allowed the option to schedule nurses and other healthcare professionals on flex-time, which includes, but is not limited to, ten (10) hour shifts. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 24-325:11 (Dec. 30, 1998) as § 6228.8, renumbered § 6229.…

Nursing and other healthcare administrators shall be allowed the flexibility to hire any number of nurses and other healthcare professionals, as long as the approved budget is not exceeded. SOURCE: Added as § 6228.9 by P.L. 24-325.12 (Dec. 30, 1998). Recodified by the Compiler of…

Incumbent in an Election. No unclassified employees employed in the Executive Branch of government may receive a pay increase following the defeat of a sitting I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan in a primary election or general election until after such date that such I Maga’hågan/Ma…

Not Seeking Re-election. No unclassified employees employed in the Executive Branch of government may receive a pay increase after October 1st of the last year of office of a sitting I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan who is COL 2026-04-23 not seeking re-election until after such dat…

The Director of Administration shall triennially review all positions requiring certification as either EMT-B, EMT-I, or an EMT-P and recommend salary adjustments based on such qualifications to be competitive with national salary schedules. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 28-062:4 (June 3…

(a) The Director of Administration in collaboration with the Department of Public Health and Social Services shall establish a new series of positions, called Environmental Public Health Officers, within the Division of Environmental Health to replace the Division’s Environmental…

Compensation. Any Examiner who has performed off-duty Services pursuant to this Act shall be compensated at the rate of three (3) times the Examiner’s hourly wage rate for the first hour of service provided, and one and a half times (1½) the Examiner’s hourly wage rate after the …

Financial Manager, Certified Fraud Examiner, and Certified Internal Auditor. (a) The Director of the Department of Administration shall ensure the following classified and/or unclassified accounting, auditing, budgeting, and management professional positions within government of …

(a) Employee compensation shall be based on internal equity and external competitiveness. (b) To the extent practical, compensation will be targeted at the U.S. National Average levels compared to the appropriate labor markets and account taken of the relevant economic factors. (…

(a) The Director of Administration shall adopt and apply the currently used unified pay schedule based on the Hay methodology or any other classification methods and salary administration to the extent he deems appropriate. The unified pay schedule, either by the Hay Group or any…

(a) Creation of Positions in the Judiciary. New positions may be created by the Administrator of the Courts for the Judicial Branch, when necessary for the efficient performance of the duties and functions of the Judiciary. (1) The Administrator of the Courts shall submit to the …

(a) Prompt notice of the postings required by 4 GCA §§ 6205 and 6303 shall be provided to each newspaper of general circulation and broadcasting station which airs a regular local news program within Guam. (b) The petitions required by 4 GCA §§ 6205 and 6303 are public documents …

The Director of Administration and the Judicial Council shall establish and implement uniform differential pay policies. All statutes, rules, regulations, and policies which are not covered by or inconsistent with the policies set forth herein, are hereby repealed upon establishm…

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The Compiler has removed these sections from the Chapter pursuant to authority granted by 1 GCA § 1606. These provisions may be found in past print publications of the GCA. 2013 NOTE: P.L. 21-059:7(e) (Sept. 27, 1991) added a new Article 4 to Chapter 6, Title 4 and transferred §§…

Upon a finding of necessity made in accordance with § 6504 of this Chapter, I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi may employ a person recruited from without Guam upon a contractual basis. The contract for such a person may provide that the Government shall pay for the transportation one way from…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi may authorize, upon a certification of need from the Director of the hiring agency, the inclusion of return transportation benefits as part of an off-island employment contract; however, no person s…

(a) It is declared to be the policy of the government of Guam to encourage the professional, technical and skilled-trade education and training of resident citizens and to effect the maximum use of qualified resident citizens in filling positions in the government service whether…

Whenever employees of the government of Guam are required to wear uniforms in the performance of their duties, such uniforms shall be furnished by the Government upon request of the department concerned, in accordance with regulations of such department. SOURCE: GC § 4110.2. Codi…

No contract for the hiring of officers or employees for the government of Guam from the continental United States or elsewhere, pursuant to § 6501 of this Chapter, may be executed after March 1, 1964, with any person who does not have either unique skills or other qualifications …

(a) No Officer or employee of the government of Guam may be employed on a full-time, part-time or contractual basis or hold an appointment to more than one (1) position in the classified or unclassified service in any department or agency or by more than one (1) department, agenc…

Government of Guam. The compensation of any employee of the government of Guam who may be called upon for jury service in any court of Guam, shall not be diminished during the term of such jury service by reason of such absence, nor shall such period of service be deducted from t…

(a) A member of the Government of Guam Retirement Fund who is eligible for retirement may retire upon the complete remittance of his outstanding individual contributions to the Fund, including the employee and employer retirement contributions. Any and all fees, interest at actua…