Policy: To protect and safeguard the civil rights of all individuals on Guam to seek, have access to, obtain and hold employment without discrimination because of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical handicap, medical condition, marital status, sex and/or age.  Employment practices should treat all individuals equally, evaluating each individual only on the basis of bona fide occupational qualification, unless pursuant to permissible defense as enumerated in the law.

Sometimes employment practices are unfair, but not illegal. We can only address charges of illegal discrimination. This means that the unfair treatment you claim to have received must have happened because of one or more of the following reasons:

1. Your Race
2. Your Color
3. Your Sex
4. Your National Origin (or Ancestry)
5. Your Religious Beliefs
6. Your Age (if you are age 40 or over)
7. Your Pregnancy
8. Your Disability
9. Your Genetic Information
10. Retaliation*

* Retaliation because of the following reason(s):

a. You opposed an act violating one of the statutes enforced by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Government of Guam/ Department of Labor, a Fair Employment Practice Agency (FEPA).

b. You filed a complaint; or you testified, assisted, or participated in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing, concerning prohibited discrimination, conducted by the U.S. EEOC and or the FEPA.

c. You requested a reasonable accommodation (religion or disability).

d. You associated with someone protected by one of the laws enforced by the U.S. EEOC and the FEPA.

UNFAIR TREATMENT THAT IS NOT DUE TO ONE OR MORE OF THE ABOVE REASONS IS NOT HANDLED BY THE FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE DIVISION, GUAM DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

If you believe that the action taken against you was based on one or more of the above reasons, please complete an Intake Questionnaire.  All information you provide are strictly confidential.

[PROTECTION COVERS ALL WORKERS, REGARDLESS OF CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS]

SUBMIT COMPLETED INTAKE QUESTIONNAIRE TO:

Guam Department of Labor
Fair Employment Practice Office
414 West Soledad Avenue
Suite 400, GCIC Building
Hagatna, Guam  96910

Telephone:  (671) 475-7083/75
Fax:  (671) 475-7045
Website:  www.dol.guam.gov

Scholastica “Sally” Rivera
Fair Employment Practice Officer/ FEPA Administrator

Terencio “Terence” Mejos
Labor Law Enforcement Specialist/ FEPA Investigator