Q. My spouse will retire with CSRS benefits at age 66. The majority of his benefits are from federal work. I am 61. Do I qualify to receive any retirement benefits based on his wages? I have worked and paid into Social Security and have also worked without Social Security for the state of Ohio.
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Q. I worked as a GS-7 for two years at the State Department in the 1980s and left, taking my pension contributions. I now work for the Defense Department as a GS-13 and have done so for three years. Am I now vested in the pension system considering my time served is five years?
Q. I earned 40 quarters of Social Security before I worked at the Postal Service. Now I have 32 years under CSRS. Will I receive both, or will one be reduced? If so, by how much?
Q. Is there any legal way around the windfall elimination provision if you have only the 40 quarters of Social Security. My pension was reduced nearly 50 percent because of this act. My wife collects Social Security. Could I get half of her benefit and give up mine? She gets over $1,300 a month while I am now getting $349 monthly. I had over 38 years under CSRS with the Postal Service.
Q. I left government service in 1988 to move with a military spouse and did not rejoin. I have 11 years total service. I am 56 years old. How can I obtain the balance in my CSRS account, and does interest accrue on that account?
Q. I am a retired Army veteran. I have 26 months of credited combat time and I have 42 months of civil service time. The series and position I hold are going to be cut, with my civilian service and credited combat time. Do I meet the vesting requirement for a reduction in force, or am I out of the door?
Q. I am retired under CSRS, then took a part-time job in the private sector to get my 40 credits to collect at least something from Social Security. I have recently started collecting my windfall elimination provision-reduced Social Security benefit. I am continuing to work this job. I see upon logging on to My Social Security, that my 2012 income has been posted but my monthly payment has not increased. Do my earnings increase my Social Security payments? When does that happen?
Q. I am under CSRS. I have 39 years of service and will retire when I get 40 years. If I elect to reduce my spouse’s benefits to less than 55 percent, how will that affect my retirement benefits? If I select a 40 percent annuity, will I receive the 15 percent difference in my retirement?
Q. I plan to work until my minimum retirement age, which is in eight years. I work part time (80 percent of the time) and will have worked for the government for 35 years (1986-2021). But my total service computation years will only be 27 when I reach my MRA. Will I be eligible for the MRA plus 30 because I worked for 35 years or only the MRA plus 10 (with the significant penalty) because I worked 27 years based on the service computation?
Q. If a CSRS employee has the 41 years and 11 months (including military time) and would get 80 percent of his wages in retirement, how much more can he get by continuing to work just for the purpose of adding sick leave to his computation? Is there a cap on the percentage of present wages he can get by adding sick leave? And how much would an extra year or two of work accruing normal amounts of sick leave affect his eventual pension?