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22 Guam Code Ann. BUSINESS REGULATIONS
CH. 43 TOURIST INDUSTRY JOB CORPS

(a) Conditions of employment and training shall be appropriate and reasonable in light of such factors as the type of work, geographic location, and proficiency of the trainee.

(b) Health and Safety standards established under territorial and federal law, otherwise applicable to working conditions of employees, shall be equally applicable to working conditions of participants under this Chapter. With respect to any participant engaged in a program conducted under this Chapter who is engaged in an activity which is not covered by health and safety standards under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, the Department of Labor shall prescribe by regulation such standards as may be necessary to protect the health and safety of such participant. No participant shall be employed in any occupation which the Department of Labor has found to be particularly hazardous.

(c) To the extent that the territory’s Worker’s Compensation Law is applicable, worker’s compensation benefits in accordance with such law shall be applicable with respect to injuries suffered by participants.

(d) All individuals employed in subsidized jobs shall be provided benefits and working conditions at the same level, and to the same extent, as other employees working a similar length of time and doing the same type of work.
(e) No funds appropriated for use under this Chapter shall be used for contributions on behalf of any participant to a retirement system or plan. Payroll deductions from wages on behalf of program participants in compliance with the Federal Insurance Compensation Act (FICA), however, shall be allowable.

(f) No currently employed worker shall be displaced or partially displaced by such actions as reduction in the hours of non-overtime work, wages, or employment benefits by a Tourist Industry Job Corps participant.

(g) No Tourist Industry Job Corps employment program shall impair existing contracts or collective bargaining agreements, except that a program under this Chapter which would be inconsistent with the terms of a collective bargaining agreement may be undertaken with the written concurrence of the labor organization and employer concerned.
SOURCE: GC § 26710; added by P.L. 18-48:2.