Guam

Leave Entitlement 

Annual Leave
No statutory minimum annual leave standards. Eligibility, duration, and paid leave allowances are governed by employment contracts, collective bargaining agreements, or employer internal policies.

Federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA, U.S. Federal) 

Qualifying Events：

1. Birth of an employee’s child, or placement of a child for adoption or foster care:
   
   
2. Care for a family member with a serious health condition;
   
   
3. Employee’s own serious health condition;
   
   
4. Military service-related reasons involving a family member, including:

• • Qualifying exigency leave (specific matters related to overseas military deployment);
    
    
    
  • Military caregiver leave (care for a current service member or recently discharged veteran with a serious health condition).
    
    

Eligibility：

1. The employer employs 50 or more employees during any 20 weeks within the current or preceding calendar year;
   
   

2. The employee has completed 12 consecutive months of service with the employer, logged a minimum of 1,250 working hours in the prior 12 months, and the employer maintains a workforce of 50+ employees within a 75-mile radius of the worksite.
   
   

Duration:

1. Military caregiver leave: Up to 26 weeks within any 12 months;
   
   

2. All other FMLA leave types: Up to 12 weeks within any 12 months.
   
   

Allowance:
Unpaid leave. Employees may elect to use accrued employer-provided paid leave concurrently, or may be required by the employer to exhaust available paid leave first.

Guam Local Family and Medical Leave

Qualifying Events:

1. Birth of an employee’s child, or placement of a child for adoption or foster care;
   
   
2. Care for a family member with a serious health condition;
   
   
3. Employee’s own serious health condition;
   
   
4. Death of an employee’s family member;
   
   
5. Miscarriage or stillbirth suffered by the employee or their spouse/partner.

Eligibility:

1. The employer employs 20 or more staff within Guam;
   
   

2. The employee has completed 12 consecutive months of service with the employer and worked a minimum of 1,000 hours in the prior 12 months;
   
   

3. The employee provides written notice to the employer at least 30 days in advance;
   
   

4. The employer may request supporting medical documentation.

Duration:
Up to 12 weeks within any 12 months.

Allowance:
Unpaid leave. Employees may opt to substitute accrued annual leave, other paid time off, or sick leave (only for the employee’s personal illness) for family and medical leave, or the employer may mandate such substitution.

Notes: Employees generally cannot claim two separate blocks of family and medical leave under both federal and Guam local statutes; a single leave period shall count against both leave entitlements concurrently.

Other Leave Types

• Bereavement Leave (counted toward family and medical leave entitlement): For the death of an employee’s family member. The employer may request a death certificate or obituary notice. Maximum cumulative 14 days per 12 months; each bereavement block must be taken within 60 days of the employee receiving notice of the family member’s passing. Unpaid.

• Child School-Related Leave: To attend a child’s school enrollment, school events, or address emergencies at schools and childcare facilities—maximum 40 hours per calendar year. Employees shall first utilize accrued annual leave, compensatory time off, or other paid leave balances.