Q. Can I withdraw my cumulative retirement funds before I retire?
Author Reg Jones
Reg Jones
Reg Jones was head of retirement and insurance policy at the Office of Personnel Management. Email your retirement-related questions to fedexperts@federaltimes.com.
Q. I applied for Office of Personnel Management disability retirement and I’m currently on leave without pay. Back in April (around the time OPM received my DR application), I noticed the amount in Block 19 dropped from around $8,400 to around $60. Is this somehow related to my DR application, and should I be concerned?
Q. I am a federal employee of 17 years at the age of 55. My husband is sick and needs my care for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Can I retire on disability since my husband is sick?
Q. Is the lump sum annual leave paid out with a separate disbursement or is it combined with the last regular paycheck?
Q. I worked for the National Labor Relations Board (FERS) for four years and left to work with California MTA and California Department of Justice (CalPers). Do either of those California state agencies have reciprocity with the federal government? If no, would I be able to purchase the 1 year left to vest in FERS?
Q. I paid 33 quarters into Social Security before retiring from my government job at the age of 55. I worked after to pay my 40 quarters needed to collect Social Security and I was still penalized over 70 percent of my monthly check and was told that had I paid my 40 quarters first before working for the government, that I would receive the full amount. I am very disappointed and feel my government owes myself and thousands of others a lot of back pay.
Q. How is unused sick leave calculated into the annuity?
Q. When is the special retirement supplement payable to a retiree and when is it not?
Q. Can you please tell me what reduction in my FERS annuity will be required so I can stay on my wife’s FEHB enrollment after she retires?
Q. I am a 61-year-old FERS employee with 25 years of creditable service. I turn 62 in May 2019. My agency is eliminating my position prior to me reaching age 62 and there will be no other position available. I was planning to work until age 62. Do I really lose the 10 percent increase in my retirement computation?