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 PUBLIC LAW 96-70—SEPT. 27, 1979

93 STAT. 465

INTERIM APPLICATION OF CANAL ZONE MERIT SYSTEM

SEC. 1214. Notwithstanding any repeal made by this Act or any 22 USC 3654. provision of this chapter, the provisions of subchapter III of chapter 7 '^^^ Stat. I6. of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code establishing the Canal Zone Merit System, together with the regulations prescribed thereunder, as in effect on September 30, 1979, shall continue in effect and shall apply with respect to employees until the Panama Canal Employment System is established and in effect pursuant to section 1212 of this Act. BASIC PAY

SEC. 1215. (a) The head of each agency, in accordance with the 22 USC 3655. provisions of this subchapter, shall establish, and from time to time may revise, the rates of basic pay for positions and employees in the agency. 0?) The rates of basic pay may be established and revised in relation to the rates of basic pay for the same or similar work performed in the United States or in such areas outside the United States as may be designated in the regulations prescribed under section 1223 of this Act. (c) The head of each agency may make adjustments in rates of basic pay established under subsection (b) of this section in amounts not to exceed the amounts of the adjustments made from time to time by or under statute in the corresponding rates of basic pay for the same or similar work referred to in such subsection (b). The head of the agency may designate the effective date of any such adjustment, except that that date may not be earlier than the effective date of the adjustment in the corresponding rate of basic pay. UNIFORM APPLICATION OF STANDARDS AND RATES

SEC. 1216. The standards established pursuant to section 1213 of 22 USC 3656. this Act and the rates of basic pay established pursuant to section 1215 of this Act shall be applied without regard to whether the employee or individual concerned is a citizen of the United States or a citizen of the Republic of Panama. R E C R U I T M E N T AND RETENTION REMUNERATION

SEC. 1217. (a) In addition to basic pay, additional compensation may Qualification be paid, in such amounts as the head of the agency concerned Provisions. determines, as an overseas recruitment or retention duferential to ^ ^ ^ ^^^"^ any individual who— (1) before October 1, 1979, was employed by the Panama Canal Company, by the Canal Zone Government, or by any other agency in the area then known as the Canal Zone; (2) IS an employee who was recruited on or after October 1, 1979, outside of the Republic of Panama for placement in the Republic of Panama; or (3) is a medical doctor employed by the Department of Defense in the Republic of Panama or by the Commission; if, in the judgment of the head of the agency concerned, the recruitment or retention of the individual is essential. Ob) Any employee described in more than one paragraph of subsection (a) of this section may qualify for a recruitment or retention differential under only one of mose paragraphs. (c) Additional compensation provided under this section may not exceed 25 percent of the rate of basic pay for the same or similar work

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