Q. I am in the Army Reserve with over 26 years. I also worked for the Veterans Affairs Department for 18 years. I get 15 days military leave every year for military training, but I use only 10 days a year and save five days every year which is shown in my VA pay slip. Will I be able to used unused military leave for retirement pay in VA like annual and sick leave?
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Q. I left federal government with 17.5 years in service under FERS in 2005. I had approximately 1,000 hours of sick leave when I left service. I turned 56 in August and am considering applying for a deferred annuity. Am I eligible to receive any of my sick leave as credit to my years in service?
Q. My husband has been receiving workers’ compensation benefits since 1993. Every year, we fill out the questionnaire sent to him regarding if he has worked in the past 15 months, etc. These forms also require a yearly medical exam and a narrative written by the physician. No problem there. We fill out the forms and my husband goes to the doctor. This year, when we got the forms in the mail, they were the same forms we’ve been getting every year except that at the top of the form, under his case file number, it has an OMB number…
Q. I would like to know how the sick leave credit works as it relates to retirement years credit? I was told that, until 2014, the credit would be half of accrued sick leave and, starting in 2014, full credit would be given. Is that true?
Q. I am 45 years old with 15 years of FERS. My job is being moved 85 miles away and I am trying to determine the benefit (if any) to my FERS pension (beyond the addition of five years to the total) of continuing on five more years until I have 20 years and am 50 years old. Resign now with 15 years at 45 years old vs. tough out the drive for five more years and resign at 20 years at 50 years old? What advantage is there to this (if any) on my FERS pension?
Q. Can sick leave credit be used to retire earlier than 62 yet receive pension credit as though I had retired at age 62? In other words, can I retire at 62 minus sick leave credit and still receive 1.1 percent x average high-3?
Q. I was involved in a motor vehicle accident. I sustained several fractures in my wrist. The accident was the other driver’s fault. Now that I am using sick leave, am I going to be reimbursed? Can I replace my lost sick leave or buy it back?
Q. If I retire after Jan. 1, 2014, I will receive 100 percent credit for my sick leave. What exactly does that add to a FERS employee versus a CSRS employee? For example, I am a CSRS employee who makes $60,000 high-3 with 30 years in and 2,087 hours of sick leave versus a FERS employee who has a high-3 of $60,000 with 30 years in and 2,087 hours of sick leave. What does the sick leave add financially to both?
Q. I am a District of Columbia government employee and came in the city government under CSRS (before September 1987) when the district’s government changed from federal to its own retirement and benefits plan. I am 58 years old and have 27 years and nine months of CSRS government service without a break. I have 1,100 hours of sick leave. I will be 60 in May 2015. How soon am I eligible to retire?
Q. I am a federal employee with 38 years of service in CSRS. I have 3,445 hours of sick leave, which I want to convert to retirement. I have been told my sick leave gives me days off based on 2,087 hours being a year, but for retirement, that 2,087 number does not apply to retirement; 2,087 does not equal one year of retirement add-on. How do I compute the number of days, months, years I can add to my 38 years when I retire?