Mandatory separation

§ 8335. Mandatory separation (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, an employee who becomes 70 years of age and completes 15 years of service shall be automatically separated from the service. The separation is effective on the last day of the month in which the employee becomes 70 years of age or completes 15 years of service if then over that age, and pay ends from that day. (b) The employing office shall notify each employee under its direction of the date of his separation from the service at least 60 days in advance thereof, and subsection (a) of this section does not take effect without the consent of the employee until 60 days after he is so notified. (c) The President, by Executive order, may exempt an employee from automatic separation under this section when in his judgment the public interest so requires. (d) The automatic separation provisions of this section do not apply (1) an individual named by a statute providing for the continuance of the individual in the service; (2) a Member; (3) a Congressional employee; or (4) an employee in the judicial branch appointed to hold office for a definite term of years. (e) This section applies to an employee of The Alaska Railroad in Alaska, and to an employee who is a citizen of the United States employed on the Isthmus of Panama by the Panama Canal Company or the Canal Zone Government, who becomes 62 years of age and completes 15 years of service in Alaska or on the Isthmus of Panama.