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Q. I am a 66-year-old FERS employee with 31 years of service and may be offered Voluntary Separation Incentive Pay in the next few weeks.

1. If I resign to get VSIP instead of retire, will I be eligible for unemployment benefits?

2. What is the timeline for date of departure once a decision is made? Next pay period? 30 days? Negotiable?

A. 1. You’d have to check with your state employment office. However, as a rule, if you resign from your job, you wouldn’t be eligible for unemployment benefits.

2. Only your agency can tell you when you’d have to leave.

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Reg Jones was head of retirement and insurance policy at the Office of Personnel Management. Email your retirement-related questions to fedexperts@federaltimes.com.

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  1. I retired from federal gov. CERS. After 43 years 01/03/14. I went back to work as a contractor 10/18/14. I found out I will be laided off April 2016. Will I be able to collect unemployment in ca. Along with my gov. Pension? I will be 65.

    • As a rule retirees aren’t eligible for unemployment compensation. To be sure that’s true in California, you’ll have to check with your state’s employment office.

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