Browsing: VERA

Q. Overview:  I began in the Air Force Non-Appropriated Fund in 1996, enrolled in NAF retirement plan in 2000, ported to GS in 2005 with deferral of my NAF retirement (calculated at 5.27 yrs) and entered FERS. My current GS position will be abolished in 2014 (at nine years FERS). I have the potential of porting into a NAF position. I wish I had just retained NAF retirement, but lack of research and misguided human resources recommendations led me to where I am with a split retirement outlook. Given my FERS time will total only nine years at abolishment, if I move…

Q. I am 47 years old with 25 years and one month of service under FERS. If I accept Voluntary Early Retirement Authority, my understanding is that my monthly annuity will not be eligible for cost-of-living adjustments. Is that correct? Also, once I reach 56 years and four months of age, the special retirement supplement would then be added until I’m age 62. Is that correct? After age 56 years and four months, would COLAs then be applied to the annuity? Finally, if I’m working in the private sector earning a salary above the current $14,000 Social Security limit for…

Q. I am a 59-year-old FERS employee with 29 years of Defense Department service. I will have 30 years service in August and will still be 59 at that time. I plan to continue working until I am 62 with 33 years service so I will qualify for the 1.1 percent FERS retirement annuity multiplier rather than the 1.0 percent multiplier used for retirees under the age of 62. Is there any way I can qualify for or negotiate to receive the 1.1 percent multiplier if I accept a Voluntary Early Retirement Authority/Voluntary Separation Incentive Pay offer this summer and…

Q. I retired with the VERA/VSIP on April 30, 2012. I chose the option to receive my $25,000 bonus in two installments, half six months from the date I retired and the other half six months later. I received the first installment and was told I would receive the second installment April 30, 2013. I have not received it. What do I need to do?

Q. I am a Defense Department civilian and have met my minimum retirement age. I will not be eligible for full retirement under FERS until September 2015. By then, I will be 60 and will have 30 years of service. If I accepted a VERA/VSIP (I am on the offer list), would I get hit with an annuity reduction if the offer is not the result of a reduction in force? If I could take the offer without a reduction, would I also receive the special retirement supplement?

Q. In 2015, I will reach my minimum retirement age (56) with 26+ years of creditable FERS service. If a VERA is offered any time that I’m 56 to 60 (when I will have reached full age and time requirements) would I get the special retirement supplement until age 62? If yes, then from 56-62, I would get: FERS immediate annuity (no penalty under a VERA) Thrift Savings Plan annuity (no penalty under a VERA) special retirement supplement (under a VERA). Also during these years there is really no cost-of-living adjustment for any of the above, correct? Also, under a…

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