253.47—Rotation of personnel.
(a)
United States citizen employees and other non-Panamanian employees appointed to a position subject to this part after September 30, 1979 shall be subject to a policy of periodic rotation in accordance with the Panama Canal Treaty and related agreements, except that the following individuals shall not be subject to such policy:
(1)
An individual who was a permanent employee of the Panama Canal Company or Canal Zone Government on September 30, 1979 and was transferred to a position in the Panama Canal Commission or another agency in the Republic of Panama on October 1, 1979 without a break in service.
(2)
An individual who was separated from the Panama Canal Company or Canal Zone Government by reason of a reduction in force on September 30, 1979 and was appointed to a position in the Panama Canal Commission before April 1, 1980, or
(3)
An individual who was employed by a department on September 30, 1979 and continues in employment with an agency, other than the Panama Canal Commission, without a break in service.
(b)
The head of each agency shall establish a policy of periodic rotation in accordance with paragraph (a) of this section and other applicable law. Such policy may except positions from rotation for sound administrative reasons. This section shall not preclude an agency other than the Commission from adopting a policy of periodic rotation of employees pursuant to other authority.
(c)
Notwithstanding any Canal Area Career or Career-Conditional Appointment or acquisition of merit status, an employee may, in accordance with an agency's rotation policy, be removed from service after completion of the service period under the rotation policy established under this section.