Employment

(a)Pursuant to the provisions of 4 GCA §§ 4105 and 4106, the Board shall establish rules and regulations regarding selection, promotion, performance evaluation, demotion, suspension and other disciplinary action for the employees of the Authority; provided, however, that all con-tracts for the hiring of off-island employees shall conform to the provisions of 4 GCA § 6216.

(b)Employees of the Authority, excluding the directors, shall be members of the Government of Guam Retirement Fund, subject to the provisions 4 GCA § 8105, except that for the purposes of Subsection

(a)of said section, the employees of the Authority shall not be considered employees of a “public corporation” whereby their membership in the Fund is optional and membership therein must be specifically requested. The Authority shall contribute to the Government of Guam Retirement Fund on the basis of annual billings as determined by the Board of Trustees, Government of Guam Retirement Fund, for the government share of the cost of the retirement benefits applicable to the Authority’s employees and their beneficiaries. The Authority shall also contribute to the Workmen’s Compensation Fund, on the basis of annual billings as determined by the Workmen’s Compensation Commissioner, for the benefit payments made from such Fund on account of the Authority’s employees.

(c)Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, neither the Manager, Secretary, Treasurer, Comptroller nor Attorney of the Authority shall be within the classified service of the government of Guam but shall be hire, compensated and employed under terms and conditions fixed by, and at the pleasure of the Board.