Administrative Procedures, Guidelines and Regulations

The provisions incorporated in the Federal Labor Standards Act Field Operations Handbook (also known as the “Blue and Red Field Operations Handbook”) in effect on the effective date of this act shall serve as the basic set of procedures, guidelines, and regulations governing the application of Fair Labor Standards in Guam, and are hereby adopted as procedures, guidelines and procedures of the Department of Labor to the extent not inconsistent with Guam law, subject to later amendment or repeal by the Director of Labor. In addition, the Administrator of Wages and Hours may adopt such other rules and regulations that may be necessary to implement this Chapter, included, but not limited to, other guidelines in implementing a standard of administration and enforcement not inconsistent with Guam Wage and Hour laws and other labor-related laws. For any occupation, the Director of Labor may make and revise, in accordance with the Administrative Adjudication Law, such administrative regulations, as he may deem appropriate to carry out the purposes of this Chapter or necessary to prevent the circumvention or evasion thereof and to safeguard the minimum wage rates thereby established. Such regulations may include, but are not limited to, regulations defining and governing outside salesman; learners and apprentices, their number, proportion, and length of service; part-time pay; prevailing wages; disabled workers adverse wages; handicapped workers; bonuses; overtime pay; special pay for special or extra work; permitted deductions for previously agreed to costs of, or fair value of, board, lodging and other facilities charges to employees or allowances for board, lodging, or other facilities customarily furnished by employers to employees; or allowances for such other such special conditions or circumstances which may be usual in a particular employer-employee relationship. Regulations or revisions thereof pursuant to this section shall be made only after fully complying with the Administrative Adjudication Law. COL08222024 CH. 3 FAIR LABOR STANDARDS