Q. I just received my 2016 personal statement of benefits from the U.S. Postal Service and my date of retirement eligibility is Feb. 10, 2019.. I’ll be 56 the next day, which is my minimum age of retirement. My total creditable service will be 29 years and five months. Do I get full retirement benefits, annuity, and a Social Security supplement or MRA + 10, since my creditable service is under 30 years?
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Q. I am applying for a part-time job with the U.S. Postal Service and am hoping it leads to full-time employment. I receive military retirement and disability. Will I lose any of this? At my age of 54, I doubt I will be able to put in 20 years with USPS but do want to stay busy. Will I be able to keep both my retired and disability pay?
Q. I had three years of previous federal service more than 25 years ago. I’m considering a job with the post office. Will previous service credit count toward post office service credit?
Q. Nine years ago (in 2007) I voluntary resigned from the U.S. Postal Service after 21 years and six months of service. I’ve transferred my TSP to a regular IRA account. Am I entitled to any retirement/pension benefits? At what age can I start receiving the benefits? I am now 57 years old.
Q. Can military time be used to make up the 20 years when one turns 60 years old? For instance: If one began federal employment in 2000 and retired in 2018 at 60 with two years of military service.
Q. If someone joins the U.S. Postal Service and has four years active duty with an honorable discharge, will he/she automatically receive four weeks of annual leave from the start, or is it necessary to buy back their military time first?
Q. How many years do you have to work for the United States Postal Service before you are pension eligible?
Q. Where are all these early retirement/buyouts happening? I’m definitely not seeing them in my department at the VA — we haven’t had widespread early retirement/buyout authority since the 1990s!
Q. I retired two years ago from the U.S. Postal Service. I retired with 33 years under my belt — service as civil service offset. I just turned 62 and was surprised when my annuity dropped $900. I didn’t think this would happen until I applied for Social Security. Should I apply for my deceased husband’s benefit, which is less than mine, take my greater benefit, or take less of an amount now and let my Social Security grow until I’m 66?
Q. If I’m offered a position at a lower grade, but the same pay through pay retention (same GS pay plan), would declining it forfeit my already filed disability retirement application? Also, position would be non-law enforcement versus my current law enforcement retirement plan, so I would be giving up my enhanced 20-year law enforcement officer annuity. According to what I’ve read, I’m not required to accept a lower grade position — even if they match the pay rate.