Title 4, Public Officers and Employees

This Chapter may be cited or referred to as the Uniform Position Classification and Salary Administration Act of 1991. SOURCE: GC § 4100. Repealed and reenacted by P.L. 21-059:7 (Sept. 27, 1991).

The purpose of this Chapter is to provide a uniform and unified system of position classification and compensation for the Executive and Judicial Branches of the Government of Guam. The only exception is for academic personnel of the Guam Community College and the University of G…

Unless otherwise specified, this Chapter shall apply to all positions, officers, and employees, classified and unclassified, as the case may be, inclusive of the Executive and Judicial Branches, autonomous and semi-autonomous agencies, public corporations, and other public instru…

There is hereby established a unified pay schedule for positions identified in Volume III, Table II of the Hay Report, dated September 1990, and other such positions as may be subsequently determined, consisting of 19 Pay Grades A through V with Steps 1 through 10 per Pay Grade, …

Every classified employee in Pay Grades A through V shall be entitled to one step salary increment for satisfactory performance. Employees at Steps 1 through 6 shall be entitled to an increment after twelve (12) months of satisfactory performance. Employees at Steps 7 through 9 s…

Superior performance by a classified employee in Grades A through V shall be rewarded by a lump sum bonus based on an amount equivalent to 3.5% of the employee’s based salary. The merit bonus shall be automatic upon a superior rating evaluation conducted for increment purposes. T…

I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi may institute a cost of living adjustment (COLA). The COLA shall not be a part of the employee’s base salary and shall be non-taxable; provided, however, that the COLA shall be considered as part of the base pay for retirement purposes. I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi…

Step 1 of the Pay Grade assigned to a classified position shall be the regular rate for initial employment in any department or agency. The appointing authority, or the head of an agency, department or public corporation listed in 4 GCA § 4105(a) may petition the Director of Admi…

Notwithstanding the provisions of Title 4 GCA § 6205, Step 1 of the Pay Grade assigned to a classified position shall be the regular rate for initial employment in Department of Education. The Superintendent of Education may petition the Guam Educational Policy Board for recruitm…

(a) No agency, department, autonomous agency, public corporation, or other instrumentality of the government of Guam shall authorize compensation above Step 10 for the initial appointment, hiring or recruitment of an employee. This Section shall not apply to the Office of I Maga’…

Classified employees in Grades A through V who are promoted competitively or by reclassification, or temporarily, to a higher Pay Grade shall receive a salary increase closest to a one (1) step increase in the pay grade held prior to promotion. SOURCE: GC § 4106. Subsection D add…

(a) If the salary level of a Director or Deputy Director, by whatever title denominated, is not specifically set out in law but is set by a Board, Commission or other administrative body, that Board, Commission or other administrative body shall not set the salary level of a Dire…

I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi is authorized to establish such positions as may be necessary for the operation of the Office of I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi, including off-island offices and Government House; provided, however, that no person shall be appointed to fill such a position in the abs…

I Sigundo Maga’håga/Maga’låhi is authorized to establish such positions as may be necessary for the operation of the Office of I Sigundo Maga’håga/Maga’låhi, the Guam State Clearinghouse, and other offices that are established and placed under the purview or direction of I Sigund…

The Attorney General of Guam is authorized to establish such positions as may be necessary for the operation of the Office of the Attorney General of Guam. No person shall be appointed to fill such position in the absence of an appropriation to pay the salary set for such positio…

It is the intent of I Liheslatura that all full-time attorneys working for the government of Guam, its agencies and instrumentalities (including autonomous agencies and instrumentalities), the Judiciary, and the Public Defender Service Corporation be paid according to the followi…

Not-withstanding any other provision of law, the Attorney General may hire Assistant Attorneys General necessary for the operation of the department. Attorneys shall be hired for an initial two-year probationary period in the unclassified service, which shall by the term of the a…

(a) Within the Department of Public Health and Social Services the following classified positions are created and given annual compensation as follows: POSITION COMPENSATION Physician Specialist (Board Certified) $80,618 - $94,418 Physician Specialist (Board Eligible) $75,098 - $…

The public hearing required under § 2103(a) of Chapter 2, Title 2, Guam Code Annotated, may not be waived for any reason for a bill introduced in I Liheslaturan Guåhan to vary the compensation of I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi, I Sigundo Maga’håga/Maga’låhi, or Senators of I Liheslaturan …

No law varying the compensation for the services of I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan, I Sigundo Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan, and/or Senators of I Liheslaturan Guåhan shall take effect, until a General Election for I Liheslaturan Guåhan shall have intervened. SOURCE: Added by P.L. …

2025 NOTE: Past publications of the GCA included this provision, entitled “Reassignments,” which was enacted in 1952 as GC § 4108. The provision was repealed by P.L. 9-023:3 (Mar 2, 1972) before the establishment of the GCA, and will no longer be included in future publications o…

In the event it is desirable to establish hourly rates of pay for temporary, seasonal, intermittent, project or part-time employment in any class of position in the classified service the Director of Administration shall determine such hourly rates by dividing by 2080 the annual …

All employees of the government of Guam, except the department or agency heads and the Deputy Directors, shall be entitled to night differential pay, calculated at the rate of their regular wage plus ten percent (10%), for all periods worked between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:0…

The application of the pay ranges set forth in this Chapter shall be subject to the following conditions: (a) The rates and ranges of pay shall be considered to be gross compensation for full time service and the value of maintenance in the form of meals, lodging and the like sha…

Whenever a classified or unclassified employee of the Government of Guam, including all departments, agencies and instrumentalities, whether or not autonomous, receives an increase in pay resulting from step increase, pay range increase, promotion or any other cause, such increas…

No bonuses shall be authorized and/or paid in lump-sum, or otherwise, to unclassified employees of the government of Guam unless so specified by law. Any person who authorizes a bonus payment in violation of this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. For the purposes of this …

Pay adjustments that increase base pay that are authorized pursuant to §§ 6207 and 6207.1 of this Chapter shall be paid in twenty-six (26) biweekly equal installments from the date when such pay adjustment was authorized. If, after such pay adjustments that increase base pay for …

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation, firefighters within the Guam Fire Department, except the Fire Chief, shall be compensated at the regular hourly rate of pay at one hundred six (106) hours, and shall be compensated at one and one-half (1½) times the regular …

Compensation. Any Officer who has performed carrier off-duty services pursuant to this Act shall be compensated at the rate of three (3.0) times the officer’s hourly wage rate for the first hour of service provided, and one and a half times (1½) the officer’s hourly wage rate aft…

Any overtime not paid an employee within fifteen working days after a request for payment is submitted shall earn interest at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum from the date due until the date paid the employee at the same time he receives his payment for overtime. SOURCE: …

(a) It is the intent of I Liheslatura that all overtime which has been approved be promptly paid. Therefore: any employee who is entitled to overtime may bring action in the Superior Court against the government of Guam for payment of all back pay due as a result of overtime, in …

(a) [No text] (1) A corrections officer or a parole officer or any employee of the government who performs the duty of guarding prisoners or supervising or counseling parolees, shall be entitled to hazardous pay, calculated at the rate of his or her regular wage, plus ten percent…

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a Firefighter in the Guam Fire Department who performs work as an Emergency Medical Technician-Ambulance (EMT-A) and is a certified EMT-A shall be entitled to differential pay calculated at the rate of his or her regular wage plus fifteen …

A police and customs officer assigned to a hazardous duty position is entitled to hazardous duty pay calculated at the rate of such officer’s wage plus ten percent (10%). SOURCE: Added by P.L. 20-132:5 (Jan. 24, 1990) as § 6223, renumbered § 6224 by the Compiler pursuant to the a…

(a) The Chief of Police shall, by general order, adopt a Table of Organization and Equipment (TOE) for the uniform positions within the Police Department. The TOE shall follow generally the organizational structure established by the reorganization plan for the Police Department …

Center. (a) Notwithstanding § 6304 of Article 3, Chapter 6, Title 4, Guam Code Annotated, the Civil Service Hazardous/Environmental Pay Policy and Procedures, or any other provision of law, rule, regulation and Executive Order, the personnel of the Guam Behavioral Health and Well…

(a) Notwithstanding § 304 of Article 3, Chapter 6, Title 4, Guam Code Annotated, the Civil Service Commission Hazardous/Environmental Pay Policy and Procedures, or any other provision of law, rule, regulation, and Executive Order, the personnel of the Mayors’ Council of Guam work…

Employees who work during typhoon emergency periods, defined as Typhoon Conditions I and II, as declared by I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan, shall be compensated in the following manner: (a) Employees occupying permanent positions in the classified service or the unclassified serv…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, only police officers or police recruits may fill police officer FTE positions in the Guam Police Department. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 23-045:IV:26 (Oct. 18, 1995).

Any cadet who successfully completes on-the-job training, and who is hired by the agency into an entry level position, may be reimbursed the cost of administrative and instructional fees paid to the Guam Community College for completion of the academic portion of his or her train…

As used in this Act the following words and phrases are defined to mean: (a) “Board” means the Guam Boards under the Healing Arts. (b) “Class Specification” means official document which describes the general characteristics of a class, including the title; nature of work; summar…

The Director of Administration shall provide recruitment and retention incentives for nurses in the government of Guam. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 24-325:4 (Dec. 30, 1998) as § 6228.1, renumbered § 6229.1 by the Compiler pursuant to the authority of 1 GCA § 1606. NOTE: Effective Janua…

Whenever possible, nursing and other healthcare professionals shall be given job incentives, including, but not limited to, educational opportunities and improved work environment. SOURCE: Added as § 6228.10 by P.L. 24-325:13 (Dec. 30, 1998). Recodified by the Compiler of Laws as…

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…