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Guam - A case involving a Guam Memorial Hospital employee and member of the Guam Federation of Teachers has set a new precedence with a new law recognizing progressive discipline and adjustment. According to a newsletter from GFT the GMH employee was terminated in 2011 and fought through the adverse action appeal with representation by the union. After three years the Supreme Court of Guam ruled in favor of the judgment made by the civil service commission that the employee's termination be modified to a 30-day suspension. The employee is now reinstated to GMH and is entitled to back pay from October 2011 to present. In addition the court recognized that administrators must utilize progressive discipline in regards to adverse actions. Meanwhile GMH spokesperson June Perez says no comment could be made in regards to the employee as it is a personnel matter.