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Northern Mariana - Compensation & Benefit Legislation

NORTHERN MARIANA - AASHOWME

Demonstrates www.BenefitsReview.com™ site. Illustrates insurance carriers' coverages within the Territory.

NORTHERN MARIANA - LEAVES OF ABSENCE

See U.S. Federal Family and Medical Leave Act

NORTHERN MARIANA - LONG TERM DISABILITY CODE ADDITIONS

Territory does not require employer to provide long term disability benefits; although many employers do in order to remain competitive in hiring/retention of employees.

See LEAVES OF ABSENCE (above), WORKERS' COMPENSATION (below) and U.S. Federal Americans With Disabilities Act

NORTHERN MARIANA - MINIMUM WAGE

Federal minimum wage: $5.15 per hour effective October 1, 1997.

See U.S. Minimum Wage

NORTHERN MARIANA - PARENTAL LEAVE

See U.S. Federal Family and Medical Leave Act

NORTHERN MARIANA - PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS

See U.S. Federal Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act

NORTHERN MARIANA - SALARY SURVEY

ERI's Relocation Assessor™ is a recommended source for U.S./Canadian wages & salaries (covering 3,000 positions).

NORTHERN MARIANA - WORKERS' COMPENSATION

Private Employers: Mandatory as to all industrial employments. (Note: Employment in trade, occupation or profession, carried on by employer for pecuniary gain.)

Public Employers: Mandatory as to paid and voluntary work done for Government of Guam or any political sub-division.

Exceptions: Casual labor and members of Territorial Board of Education.

Special Coverage Provisions: All contracts of hire in the Territory for work outside the Territory are presumed to allow remedies under the Guam Workers' Compensation Law.

(U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 1994 Analysis of Workers' Compensation Laws.)