Guam § 21115 - Labor Standards.

§ 21115. Labor Standards.

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(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 activities which are not covered by

health and safety standards under the Occupational and Safety and Health

Act of 1970, the Guam Council on Youth Affairs shall prescribe, by

regulation, such standards as may be necessary to protect the health and

safety of such participants. No participants under eighteen (18) years of age

shall be employed in any occupation which the Guam Council on Youth

Affairs has found to be particularly hazardous for persons between fourteen

(14) and eighteen (18) years of age.

(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 under this Chapter shall be used for contributions on

behalf of any participant to retirement systems or plans. Payroll deductions

in 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 by any participant

(including partial displacement such as reduction in the hours of non-

overtime work, wages, or employment benefits).

(g) No summer youth employment program shall impair existing

contracts or collective bargaining agreements, except that no program under

this Chapter which would be inconsistent with the terms of a collective bar-

gaining agreement shall be undertaken without the written concurrence of

the labor organization and employer concerned.