Liens for Unpaid Wages

When the Director of Labor finds that an employer has not paid wages due, then, in addition to all other remedies, relief, and liens allowed by law or at equity,

(a)The Director of Labor (the “Director”) through the Attorney General's Office may promptly file a labor lien on any real property owned by the employer, to be filed at the Department of Labor Management, and have served upon the holders of any mortgage thereon a copy of the lien, and

(b)The Director through the Attorney General's Office may promptly file a labor lien on any personal property (including accounts receivable) owned by the employer to be filed at the Department of Revenue and Taxation, and

(c)The Director through the Attorney General's Office may order the bank accounts of the employer frozen, and

(d)Liens and bank accounts frozen by this section shall be released upon posting with the Director a cash bond or a surety bond issued by an insurance company licensed in Guam in an amount equal to wages allegedly owed plus fines, penalties, costs, and attorney's fees, and

(e)None of the actions of the Director set out in paragraphs

(a)through

(d)above may be taken without the approval of the Superior Court set out in an order, which only may be entered without notice when the Director has satisfied the court that funds will be dissipated if notice be given.