Q. I will be 62 on Sept. 3 and will still be CSRS for another year or so. Can I collect 100 percent of my Social Security amount for age 62 at that time?
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Q. In February, I will have 29 years of service as a postal clerk. It is my understanding that after Dec. 31, I can have 100 percent of my sick leave. I know they won’t pay it to me. I have saved more than 2,600 sick leave hours. In what form will I get it back? I still have to work my full 30 years.
Q. When given the chance to convert from FERS to CSRS Offset due to the Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act, I jumped at the chance since it is a better retirement. One issue I never got fully resolved was that I assume since I was in a 6(c) law enforcement covered position as a physical security specialist (0080 series) I must have been paying into the retirement at a higher rate to cover the early retirement option of FERS law enforcement. I now have more than 25 years with the USSS and six years of military time, which I…
Q. I am a CSRS employee who started with the Postal Service in 1981. However, I worked in a supermarket before the USPS and worked for the union for the past six years. For both of those other jobs, I have paid and still am paying Social Security. I have heard the expression of “having enough quarters” for Social Security retirement. What does that mean, and how many quarters are needed?
Q. I am 53 on disability retirement under CSRS. I have 29 years and six months. When I turn 55, can I convert to regular retirement? Also if the Postal Service offers an early-out, am I eligible?
Q. I retired under CSRS after 26 years of service. I worked for six years before my federal service and have been working and paying Social Security for the past nine years. If I put in 20 years under Social Security, will I still be affected by the windfall elimination provision?
Q. I transferred from CSRS to FERS in 1999. I was employed by the Department of the Interior from 1981 to 1987 and then the Justice Department since 1987. During my DOI time, I had temporary employment from 1981 to 1983, at which time I didn’t pay retirement. I still need to buy back my time for that credit. Will the time be credited as CSRS or FERS time?
Q. Is every CSRS employee considered an offset? I retired in 2012, started in 1977, and now, at 62, applied for my Social Security. I was informed that the CSRS annuity reduced my very small Social Security check to $100. Now, will the Office of Personnel Management reduce my annuity by that 100? A. Pure CSRS retirees like you are subject to the windfall elimination provision. The WEP reduces the Social Security benefit of anyone who receives an annuity from a retirement system where he didn’t pay Social Security taxes and has fewer than 30 years of substantial earnings under…
Q. I will be retiring in early 2014 under CSRS with a spouse and disabled son. I understand that, with proper approval from the Office of Personnel Management, my disabled son may be carried as a beneficiary for survivor benefits at no additional cost. I know that normally, if a dependent spouse predeceases the retiree, the cost of survivor benefits will no longer be deducted from the retirement annuity. Is this still true with the disabled dependent, or will I continue to pay the survivor’s benefit cost?
Q. While a civilian employee with the Veterans Health Administration, my Army Reserve unit was activated and I stayed on leave without pay for more than four years while on active duty. I then returned to my civilian VHA job. I recently read that my LWOP status counts as half time toward retirement. 1. Is that true? 2. Would that mean I only have to buy back two of my four active-duty years to make it count toward civilian retirement?