Guam § 5203 - Discriminatory Practices Against Disabled Persons Made

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§ 5203. Discriminatory Practices Against Disabled Persons Made

Unlawful; Offenses Defined.

It shall be an unlawful employment practice or unlawful discrimination:

(a) For an employer to refuse to hire or employ or promote or to

bar or discharge from employment, any qualified individual because of

his disability or use of adaptive devices provided that an employer may

refuse to hire an individual for good cause relating to the ability of the

individual to perform the work in question;

(b) For an employer to discriminate against any individual in

compensation or in the terms, conditions or privileges of employment

because of disability or use of adaptive devices;

(c) For an employer or employment agency to print, circulate or

cause to be printed or circulated any statement, advertisement or

publication or to use any form of application for employment or to

make any inquiry in connection with prospective employment, which

expresses, directly or indirectly, any limitation, specification or

discrimination as to disability or use of adaptive devices, unless based

on a bona fide occupational qualification;

(d) For any labor organization to exclude or expel from its

membership any person or to discriminate in any way against any of its

members, employer or employees because of disability or use of

adaptive devices;

(e) For any employer, labor organization or employment agency to

discharge, expel or otherwise discriminate against any person because

he has opposed any practice forbidden by this Chapter, or because he

has filed a complaint, testified or assisted in any proceeding respecting

the employment practice and discrimination prohibited under this

Chapter; and

(f) For any person whether an employer, employee or not, to aid,

abet, incite, compel or coerce the doing of any of the practices

forbidden by this Chapter, or attempt to do so.

Source: official Guam text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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What does Guam Code Annotated § 5203 cover?

Section 5203 ("Discriminatory Practices Against Disabled Persons Made") is part of the Guam Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Guam. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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