(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 shall be deducted from the established rates of pay. The Director of Administration shall determine the values to be placed upon such maintenance, taking into consideration the costs of the maintenance provided and the convenience of the government served thereby. Maintenance shall not be considered to include the costs of travel incurred in connection with official duties.

(b) The minimum rate of each pay range shall be the normal rate for initial employment in the employment in the positions and classes assigned thereto. The Director of Administration, however, may authorize initial employment in the class at a higher rate in the pay range if such action is warranted by recruitment difficulties or by special or unusual qualifications of the individual employed.

(c) Advancement of employees within the pay ranges established for their positions shall be based upon quality of work and length of service in a manner to be determined by the personnel rules.

(d) Any classified employee of the government of Guam, who terminates such employment for the sole purpose of entering active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States, shall be entitled to limited military leave for such periods and under such conditions as may be from time to time be determined by the Director of Administration and upon termination under honorable conditions of such active duty, be entitled to reinstatement in his previous position or

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its equivalent, in the step within his former pay range, to which such employee would have been entitled but for his military service, provided that such employee makes application for such reinstatement within ninety (90) days after discharge, and provided further that at the time of such application he shall be on military leave status with the government of Guam.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when an Assistant Commissioner has been serving as such at a rate of pay higher than Step 1 of the salary range of a Commissioner and automatically receive compensation as provided in that step of the Commissioner’s pay range which will not represent a reduction in the compensation he was theretofore receiving as Assistant Commissioner.

SOURCE: GC § 4111.

NOTE: Personnel Board changed to Civil Service Commission by authority of P.L. 16-009. Effective January 1, 2006, reference to the “”Civil Service Commission”” removed from subsection (b) and amended to “”Director of Administration”” in subsection (d) pursuant to P.L. 28-
068:IV:45 (Sept. 30, 2005).