Q: I’m a full-time CSRS employee with 33 years. Next year I will be 62 and have sufficient credits to qualify for a small Social Security payment because of prior years of nonfederal work. I understand WEP, my question is about getting Social Security benefits while continuing to working full time in $50,000 a year job as a CSRS employee. At age 62, can I receive both Social Security retirement payment and continue to work full time as a federal employee? Do I fall subject to the age 62 Social Security retirement $14,160 income limitations in this situation? A: Yes,…
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Q: I am a re-employed annuitant (my annuity is being offset from my salary). I have about 2.5 years in this status. If I take a DoD position for a few years where I cannot have my salary offset, and then return to a position in which an offset is allowed for another 2.5 years, will I be eligible for recomputation when I again retire? A: Yes.
Q: I am leaving federal service and have some unanswered questions that my servicing personnel office is unable to answer. I have more than 20 years in service and I am 49. I requested a one-year LWOP sabbatical but it was denied, as I was informed that it is typically only granted when you are taking time off to do your doctorate, which I am not. I want to know if a) I return to federal service, will my sick leave balance start over at 0 (it is currently nearly 700 hours) b) will the same retirement rules apply if…
Q: I am a Title-38 registered nurse for the Veterans Affairs Department. For more than 10 years, I have worked as evening-shift supervisor. My shift has been 3:30 p.m. until midnight. I carry an emergency pager, and I am not allowed to pass this pager off in order to take my 30 minute meal break. Am I entitled to overtime? A: Probably not. However, you’ll have to check with your personnel office to be sure.
Q: I retired from government at 57 in August 2009 under CSRS with 30 years of service/DoD Excepted Service. Due to the economy, I would like to go back to “regular/full time” government employment. Can I re-apply for government jobs (knowing I will give up my annuity) for a full-time GS position and salary? A: There is no bar to you becoming a re-employed annuitant. However, you won’t have to give up your annuity; instead the salary of your new position will be reduced by the amount of your annuity.
Q: How long can my current agency retain me when I have accepted a position with a different agency? I accepted a position at the same grade but at a different series. My new/gaining agency has requested a release date 17 days in the future, meaning I will remain with my current agency for the next full pay period. However, my current agency has requested that I remain in place for 31 days, which is two pay periods. This is unacceptable to me and is being done out of spite. An HR specialist in my current agency indicated that this…
Q: As a postal employee, I would like to take a deferred retirement. I am under the FERS plan. Under the OPM website it states, “If you have completed at least 10 years of creditable service, including 5 years of civilian service, then you are eligible for deferred annuity beginning the first day of the month after you reach the MRA. What is mean by civilian service? Are postal employees civilian or federal employees? A: Postal employees are federal employees. The word “civilian” is used to distinguish that federal service from military service. In other words, you have to have…
Q: I am a 55-year old FERS employee eligible to retire as a special category FF/LEO with 27 years federal service. I have been thinking about finding a position teaching or working on the staff of a nearby university that is covered by the state retirement system (Ohio). It is my intention to work until age 65, so when I retire from the university I will be vested in their retirement system, too. The university offers a choice between a defined benefit and defined contribution plan. I have heard about things like the WEP and the Pension Offset Rule but…
Q: I am 62 and I was a USDA-ARS employee who took a buyout in July and retired. I’m a qualified Wildland Firefighter with a Red Card. If I were to join a crew, paid for by a state entity with pay coming from FEMA, headed to fight fire or work on flooding and hurricane duty for about two weeks, is that against OPM guidelines? I’m finding it hard to get an answer. They are asking for letters explaining payment of work. Hard to explain, since there are no contracts that I know of, only requests for crews who go…
Q: I’m a CSRS employee with more than 30 years of service. I’m a Series 0343, and work in the HQDA G-1. My HQDA G-1 supervisor allowed me to deploy for the previous two years, one in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. I work Logistics in Afghanistan, and my plan all along was to gain the experience to allow me to change my specialty from Series 0343 to Series 0346. I’m due to return to HQDA G-1 soon, but would prefer to remain deployed. I’m pretty certain that me HQDA G-1 supervisor will not agree to my remaining deployed. Can…