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Guam’s Minimum Wage to Increase Sept. 1

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Posted on: 08/17/2021 03:58 PM
Posted by: Hannah Cho
Department(s): DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Division(s): WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION (WHD)
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Types of Notice: PRESS RELEASE
For Audience(s): PUBLIC
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Hagåtña, Guam – On Sept. 1 pursuant to Public Law 36-1, the minimum wage in Guam will increase by 50 cents. The new wage will go from $8.75 an hour to $9.25 an hour.

Employers may go to the Wage and Hour portion of our website, dol.guam.gov/compliance/whd/, to download and print the new Fair Labor Standards Act poster with details of the respective public law. The notice must be displayed in a conspicuous place where employees can easily see it.

The notice also contains other fair labor information such as overtime rules and regulations, deductions and how tips and gratuities must be paid out.

Officials from the Wage and Hour Division may be doing compliance checks and random audits in the near future to ensure that employees are being paid in accordance with the law.

“The Department of Labor is here to not only answer your Wage and Hour questions, but also on fair employment practices to stay in compliance, occupational safety through our On-Site OSHA consultation services as well as questions on worker’s compensation,” said Guam Department of Labor Director David Dell’Isola.

For more information please contact our Wage and Hour Division at (671) 300-4601/02 or wage.questions@dol.guam.gov.

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