Q. I am a FERS employee who will have 30 years of permanent GS employment in December 2015. I have six months of temporary time as a GS employee, which would move my 30 years to April 2015. Can I buy back the temporary time? If so, how do I start this process?
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Q. I have just been approved for Social Security disability. I also applied for FERS in March I was terminated for not following leave regulations because I couldn’t go to work. Should my FERS case go through because I was approved for SSDI, or will it still be a complicated procedure? It seems, if Social Security decided that I can’t work, I obviously can’t do the work I was doing at the Defense Finance and Accounting Services.
Q. If I retire with 28 years of service at age 53, would I be eligible for the special retirement supplement. Where would I find info?
Q. I am 60 years old with 33 years of federal service. I would like to retire next year, but under FERS, I would have to stay until I am 62 years old to get the additional 0.1 percent annuity incentive. Is there another way to achieve my goal?
Q. I’m a FERS employee with 26 years of combined service. I am 49 years old. If my research is correct, I’m eligible for immediate retirement annuities upon separation because I have 25 years of service and the separation would be for nondisciplinary or performance reasons. Age is at least creditable service is at least 50 20 years any age 25 years
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?
Q. I was a federal employee from 1993 to 2001. When I separated, I withdrew my FERS contributions. I am now contemplating re-entering the federal workforce and have read about the redeposit option. However, I read an Office of Personnel Management guidance memo that implies that redeposit is only applicable for FERS employees who separated after October 2009. What are my options? Can I buy back time in service?
Q. I have some questions regarding retirement under FERS: 1. They used to allow lump-sum withdrawal of your own contributions to your retirement so you could transfer to your own IRA. Is that still an option, or has that since been rescinded? 2. My wife and I are contemplating not taking survivor benefits because she will get my Thrift Savings Plan and Social Security payments. Also, I have provided enough life insurance to cover her income. The question was raised that she would then not be eligible for my Federal Employees Health Benefits for medical if I was deceased. What…
Q. I was recently told that I am a Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act case. I may have been inadvertently placed in CSRS Offset when I transferred from an independent federal agency in 1988. I elected CSRS Offset coverage at that time and have been coded that way ever since. Now that I have about 500 days until I am eligible for full retirement, they mention FERCCA. What have you seen as possible outcomes for this scenario?
Q. If my agency offers me a buyout, what does it mean to me? I am 54 years old. I will reach my minimum retirement age on Jan. 19, 2016. I have 23½ years of service under FERS. My agency is going through a big reorganization. Would you explain to me what it means to my retirement if I’m offered either of them? Will I be able to retire with no penalty?