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 93 STAT. 468

PUBLIC LAW 96-70—SEPT. 27, 1979 with respect to classes of employees who were covered by those provisions on the date of the enactment of this Act. MINIMUM LEVEL OF PAY; MINIMUM ANNUAL INCREASES

22 USC 3665.

SEC. 1225. (a) Subsection (f) of section 13 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 213(f)), relating to applicability to employees in foreign countries and certain United States possessions, is amended by striking out "Johnston Island; and the Canal Zone." and inserting in lieu thereof "and Johnston Island.". (b)(1) Effective October 1, 1979, each individual employed by an Executive agency or the Smithsonian Institution, whose permanent duty station is located within an area or installation in the Republic of Panama made available to the United States pursuant to the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and related agreements, shall be paid basic pay at a rate of not less than $2.90 an hour. (2) Effective on October 1 of each succeeding calendar year, the rate of basic pay for each individual referred to in paragraph (1) of this subsection whose basic pay is not fixed in relation to rates of basic pay for the same or similar work performed in the United States shall be increased by an amount equal to not less than 2 percent of the rate of basic pay for that individual in effect immediately before that date. Subchapter III—Conditions of Employment and Placement TRANSFERRED OR REEMPLOYED EMPLOYEES

22 USC 367L

Terms and conditions.

SEC. 1231. (a)(1) With respect to any individual employed in the Panama Canal Company or the Canal Zone Government— (A) who is transferred— (i) to a position in the Commission; or (ii) to a position in an Executive agency or in the Smithsonian Institution the permanent duty station of which is in the Republic of Panama (including the area known before October 1, 1979, as the Canal Zone); or (B) who is separated by reason of a reduction in force on September 30, 1979, and is appointed to a position in the Commission before April 1, 1980; the terms and conditions of employment set forth in paragraph (2) of this subsection shall be generally no less favorable, on or after the date of the transfer referred to in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph or the date of the appointment referred to in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, as the case may be, than the terms and conditions of employment with the Panama Canal Company and Canal Zone Government on September 30, 1979, or, in the case of a transfer described in subparagraph (A)(ii) of this paragraph which takes place before that date, on the date of the transfer. (2) The terms and conditions of employment referred to in paragraph (l)of thissubsection are the following: (A) rates of basic pay; (B) tropical differential; (C) premium pay and night differential; (D) reinstatement and restoration rights; (E) injury and death compensation benefits; (F) leave and travel; (G) transportation and repatriation benefits; (H) group health and life insurance; (I) reduction-in-force rights;

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