Title 4, Public Officers and Employees

(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regulations, and policies which are not covered by or inconsistent with the policies set forth herein, are hereby repealed upon establishm…

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…

For purposes of this Chapter: (1) Employee means all employees of the government of Guam. (2) Money due means the pay and allowances due on account of the services of a deceased employee of the government of Guam. It includes the following: (A) Per diem and amounts due in reimbur…

(a) The employing department or agency shall notify each employee of his right to designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries to receive money due COL092507 and of the disposition of money due if a beneficiary is not designated. An employee may change or revoke a designation at any …

The purpose of the Fund is to provide retirement annuities and other benefits for the employees of the government of Guam who become aged or otherwise incapacitated, and widows’ annuities and other benefits to the dependents of such employees, thereby enabling the employees to ac…

(a) The actuarial valuation of the Government of Guam Retirement Fund issued October 9, 1992 by, Deloitte & Touche expressed concern that “the Fund benefit levels are excessive in comparison to most other government retirement systems. Benefit levels and retirement policy should …

(a) The Fund shall maintain its status as a tax-qualified governmental pension plan under Section 401(a) of the Code. As used in this Article, “Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to Guam under the mirror provisions of the Guam Inco…

The Fund hereby created shall be known as the Government of Guam Retirement Fund. In such name or for the account thereof, all of its business shall be transacted, all of its money invested and all of its cash, securities and other property shall be held. SOURCE: GC § 4201.

The Fund shall become operative as of May 1, 1951. SOURCE: GC § 4202.

Words and phrases, wherever used in this Chapter, unless a different meaning is clearly indicated by the context, shall have the following meanings: COL 2026-05-05 (a) “Fund” shall mean the Government of Guam Retirement Fund. (b) “Board” shall mean the Board of Trustees provided …

The following employees shall be members of the Fund and subject to the provisions hereof: (a) All employees, regardless of age or length of service, in the service of the Government on the operative date, shall become members of the Fund by virtue of their employment. Any person…

The following employees shall not be eligible for membership: (a) Persons whose services are compensated on a fee basis. (b) Independent contractors. (c) Persons whose employment is for a specific project. (d) Persons who are employed in the Senior Citizens Community Employment P…

(a) Each person becoming a member on the operative date shall be entitled to prior service credit for service rendered the Government. In the case of any employee who shall have been a member of the Civil Service Retirement Fund of the United States Government and shall have rece…

(a) Prior Service. Prior Service credit shall be granted any employee who served in the Armed Forces of the United States prior to his employment with the government of Guam as though such service was rendered for the government of Guam, provided the employee shall not be receivi…

Any person who has been required or is hereafter required to become a member as a condition of employment and who has performed service for which he rejected membership in accordance with § 8105(c) or for which he was ineligible for membership under the provisions of § 8106 may c…

Any employee who shall have been employed by the government of Guam for a period of ten (10) years or more and who is a member of the Fund, who is appointed for a position within the United States Government which requires his continued residence within Guam and who has not termi…

Any current member of the Fund who is active or retired and who has been appointed to a federal position and detailed to serve with the Government of Guam in the I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi’s Office, after the effective date of the Organic Act until the inauguration date of the first e…

(a) Any employee who shall have been employed by the government of Guam for a period of ten (10) years or more and who is a member of the Fund, who is appointed for a position within an international or regional organization of governments under the United Nations system and who …

Any person who was employed by the government of Guam prior to June 1, 1989, who takes leave of absence without pay or terminates from such employment in order to further his education may, when returning to employment with the government of Guam, claim retirement credit for such…

Any person who was a member of the Civil Service of the United States of America after May 1, 1951 and who prior to June 1, 1989 was employed by the government of Guam, shall be entitled to credit for services rendered the United States Government after May 1, 1951, not to exceed…

Any person who is a current member of the Fund may apply for and receive up to five (5) years of retirement credit provided that: (a) the person apply for such credit within six (6) months of the effective date of this Act; (b) the person pay into the Retirement Fund an amount eq…

A qualified applicant, meeting the time requirements set forth in § 8113 of this Title who fails to pay in full the amounts described in a promissory note to the Retirement Fund within three (3) years of the date of the note shall lose eligibility to purchase retirement credit un…

Employees eligible to retire who opt to do so prior to payment of the full cost of the employee’s share of the early retirement credit pursuant to the terms of the promissory note under § 8113(b) of this Chapter shall receive credit on a year by year basis as each full year of cr…

The government of Guam shall pay to the Retirement Fund in full all employer’s share of retirement contributions due for each applying employee within two (2) years of the date upon which the employee applied. The amount due from the government for each employee shall be equal to…

In the computation of credit for service for the purpose of the Fund, twelve (12) days or more of service during any month shall constitute a month of service, and service between six (6) and twelve (12) days during any month shall constitute one-half (½) month of service. Servic…

Operative Date. Credit shall also be granted to any employee for services rendered after the operative date for which contributions shall have been made this Fund. SOURCE: GC § 4209. COL 2026-05-05

Any person employed by the government of Guam and a member of the Fund who has unused accumulated sick or annual leave upon the day of his retirement or disability may claim credit for every day of such leave to which he was entitled which he did not utilize, provided, that in th…

Each person becoming a member of the Fund by virtue of that provision of Subparagraph (c) of § 8104 of this Chapter which defines “employee” to include certain casual or temporary employees, shall be entitled to excluded service credit for casual or temporary service rendered to …

Should a member, for a specific period of time, be entitled to more than one of the types of credit authorized by this Chapter, he shall be allowed to obtain for said period of time only one type of credit, according to his election. SOURCE: GC § 4209.3, as added by P.L. 12-180:7…

With respect to any member who joined the Fund prior to October 1, 1981: (a) He or she may retire on a service retirement annuity, upon written application to and approval by the Board; provided that such member shall have attained at least sixty (60) years of age or fifty- five …

With respect to any member who joined the Fund on or after October 1, 1981: (a) He or she may retire on a service retirement annuity, upon written application to and approval by the Board; provided that such member shall have attained at least sixty (60) years of age or fifty- fi…

With the exception of members of the Fund prior to the effective date of this Section, any member of the Fund may retire: (a) On a service retirement annuity, upon written application to and approval of the Board; provided that such member shall have attained at least sixty-five …

(a) [No text] (1) A retired member who subsequently becomes an employee eligible for membership under § 8106 of this Title prior to January 1, 1999, shall, upon becoming so employed, have that member’s COL 2026-05-05 right to receive payment of that member’s annuity suspended for…

(a) Formula. The basic retirement annuity payable to any member shall be the following: (1) an amount equal to two percent (2.0%) of average annual salary for each of the first ten (10) years of credited service, and two and one half percent (2.5%) of average annual salary for ea…

(a) When an error is made in the records maintained by the Fund or by the government, or in the contributions made on behalf of a member, or in computing a benefit, and, as a result, a member or beneficiary is entitled to receive from the Fund more or less than the member or bene…

(a) Upon appeal to the Board by an affected member or beneficiary under (b) of this section, the Board may waive an adjustment or any portion of an adjustment made under § 8122.1 if, in the opinion of the Board: (1) the adjustment or portion of the adjustment will cause undue har…

(a) [No text] (1) A member less than sixty-five (65) years of age, who shall become totally and permanently disabled for service, either mentally or physically, regardless of how or where the disability shall have occurred after joining the retirement fund, (A) shall be entitled …