Chapter V - Personnel Administration and Labor Relations
Article 81. The Canal Authority is subject to a special employment regime based on a merit system, and shall adopt a General Employment Plan that shall maintain, as a minimum, employment conditions and rights similar to those existing on December 31, 1999. Consequently, the officials, the workers in positions of trust, the workers, and the unions of the Panama Canal Authority shall not be subject to the provisions of the Labor Code, the Administrative Code, nor any regulatory or legal codes that establish salaries, bonuses, jurisdictions, or procedures, except those expressly provided in this Law.
Permanent workers, and those workers who must retire under special provisions in 1999, whose positions are determined to be necessary in accordance with applicable rules, shall be guaranteed employment with benefits and conditions equal to the benefits they have on that date, pursuant to the National Constitution and this Law.
The Authority shall establish in the Regulations the exceptions to the special employment regime applicable to officials.
Section One: Personnel Administration
