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B-209770 1 (1983-05-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlcg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION FILE: B-209770 MATTER OF: DIGEST: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 DATE: May 25, 1983 Vinita E. Swenty United States citizen employed as a teacher by the Division of Schools of the former Panama Canal Zone, is not entitled to trop- ical differential because she was not hired under conditions and criteria established by the regulations in force at the time govern- ing Canal Zone employees' eligibility for the differential. Mrs. Vinita Swenty appeals the denial by our Claims Group of her claim for tropical differential in connec- tion with her acceptance of a temporary position with the Division of Schools in the Panama Canal Zone in September 1978. The denial of the claim is sustained because under the circumstances Mrs. Swenty does not meet the eligibility criteria for tropical differential set forth in the controlling regulations. Mrs. Swenty states that in April 1978 the Assistant Superintendent of the Elementary Schools of the Panama Canal Zone contacted her in Houston, Texas, to deter- mine whether she would be interested in returning to Panama to assume a teaching position, as she had pre- viously been employed there as a special education teacher from September 1973 until April 1976. In subse- quent conversations she was informed that there was still interest in having her return to Panama to assume a teaching position, but that a position could not be offered to her at that time because the Division of Schools there had restricted its stateside recruitment program. In view of the restrictions on recruiting teachers from the United States under normal procedures, it appears to have been agreed that Mrs. Swenty would travel to the Canal Zone and be hired locally. She was employed in a temporary position on September 11, 1978. She received a permanent appointment on September 24, 1979, in connection with which she was authorized travel ~5-6 3

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