22 Guam Code Ann. § 5302
Terms Used In 22 Guam Code Ann. § 5302
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
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22 Guam Code Ann. BUSINESS REGULATIONS
CH. 5 GUAM EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS ACT
In the interpretation of this Chapter and in determining the jurisdiction and authority of the courts of the territory, as such jurisdiction and authority are defined and limited in this Chapter, the public policy of the territory is declared as follows:
Under prevailing economic conditions, developed with the aid of governmental authority for owners of property to organize in corporate and other forms of ownership association, the individual unorganized worker is commonly helpless to exercise actual liberty of contract and to protect his freedom of labor, and thereby to obtain acceptable terms and conditions of employment; wherefore, though he should be free to declare to associate with his fellows, it is necessary that he have full freedom of association and self-organization, and in the designation of representatives of his own choosing, to negotiate the terms and conditions of his employment, and that he be free from the interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of labor, or their agents, in the designation of such representatives or in self-organization or in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other activities of mutual aid or protection; therefore, the following definitions of and limitations upon the jurisdiction and authority of the courts of the territory are enacted.
SOURCE: GC § 56031.