330.1203—Eligibility.
(a)
In order to be eligible for special selection priority, an eligible displaced employee of the former Panama Canal Zone must:
(1)
Have received a specific notice of separation by reduction in force;
(2)
Have not been appointed to another appropriate position in the Government of the United States in Panama;
(3)
Apply for a vacancy within the time frames established by the hiring agency; and
(4)
Be found by the hiring agency as well-qualified for that specific vacancy.
(b)
Eligibility for special selection priority as an eligible displaced employee of the former Panama Canal Zone begins on the date that the employee received a specific notice of separation by reduction in force.
(c)
Eligibility for special selection priority as an eligible displaced employee of the former Panama Canal Zone expires on the earliest of:
(1)
One year after the effective date of the reduction in force;
(2)
The date that the employee receives a career, career-conditional, or excepted appointment without time limit in any agency at any grade level; or
(3)
The date that the employee is separated involuntarily for cause prior to the effective date of the reduction in force action.