The director may, subject to the limitation of appropriations and to any civil service law in effect, establish positions within the department and make appointments thereto; abolish positions; transfer duties between positions; or assign duties to, direct and control the work of, and transfer, promote, demote, remove, and otherwise change the status of employees of the department.
All employees of the department are, to the extent practicable, interchangeable in work assignments for such temporary periods as are necessary to meet seasonal and emergency demands upon the department.
La. R.S. § 37:10