Q. I worked for the Veterans Affairs Department from 1991 to 1997 under FERS and took a refund. I am returning to federal employment in January. Can I redeposit with interest to acquire the 6½ creditable years?
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Q. I resigned from the Postal Service after 10-plus years on July 31, 2012, at age 54 and received half of the $20,000 separation bonus in December 2012 and am expecting the other half this December. Do I qualify at age 62 for FERS? My husband also works for the Postal Service but is not planning to retire until age 62. If he should die before me (and vice versa), will I, as his wife, receive his FERS annuity and mine? How is this determined? Or will the surviving spouse only receive a portion of the deceased spouse’s monthly annuity?
Q. I am 52 years old and have 25 years of federal service to include my 13 years of military time, which I bought back. I am under FERS. 1. Do I qualify for the Voluntary Early Retirement Authority/Voluntary Separation Incentive Pay, if offered? 2. Would I take a cut in retirement benefits?
Q. I have 26 years of federal employment with age. 26 x 1.1 = 28.6. How is this treated for retirement? Will the Postal Service drop 0.6? Or how do I calculate the remainder? What must I do to reach a whole number?
Q. Next November (2014), I will have 20 years of civil service but will not be the minimum retirement age; I will be 54. If there is a reduction in force next year, could the minimum age requirement be waived? I am retired military with 15 years (early retirement in 1994). I fall under FERS.
Q. I am a retired Postal Service FERS employee. I took the early-out in February with reduced pension. I am going to marry a Postal Service CSRS employee retired on postal disability. He has little Social Security time, which he is not collecting. We would like to know if one of us will lose our postal pension. If so, how much and why?
Q. I’m a permanent Department of the Army civilian employee under FERS. I was hired July 27, 2009, as a temporary term employee and converted to permanent status Feb. 14, 2010. I’ve had full benefits from the start of my employment, except for medical, which I started in January 2010. All of my benefits have continued without interruption (I think I had either two or three days leave without pay while on term). I have two years and seven months of military service from the 1960s. I’ve been looking into buying back my service time, but since I don’t have…
Q. If a FERS employee goes out with a disability, where can they get their health insurance, or can they keep what they have?
Q. I am a career employee with just over three years of civil service. I bought back 10 years of military service. If I am affected by a reduction in force before I reach five years of civil service, would I still be eligible for a deferred annuity when I’m 60? If I don’t qualify for FERS, does that mean I wasted the money spent for the military buyback?
Q. I am 55 years old and have 18 years of active duty and 13 years of Army Reserve duty for a total of 31 retirement years in the Army Reserve. I am eligible to collect my Army Reserve pension in January. This is based on the Defense Authorization Act of January 2008, which allows a 90-day reduction of age from age 60 — for every 90 days of active duty in the support of the war on terror. I have met that threshold. I would like to go to work for the federal government with a projected start date of February…