Q. I understand that credited sick leave will not influence how the high-3 is calculated. But will credited sick leave count toward annuity calculation in meeting age or service requirements to receive the 1.1 percent factor? If a person has 19 years and six months day-for-day in FERS and adds/applies eight months of unused sick leave, will this qualify for the 1.1 percent calculation factor (high-3 x .011 x 20 years two months)?
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Q. I am a FERS employee who is planning to retire at the end of the year at age 63 with 30+ years of service. I will have a large accrued sick leave balance, and also plan to accrue as many annual leave hours as possible (over and above the 240-hour carryover allowance) to cash out at retirement. I understand that the entire amount of accrued sick leave can be used to increase my time in service during the retirement calculation process but not until 2014. Does that mean I can work through the last pay period of 2013 (ending…
Q. I am a CSRS employee with the Federal Aviation Administration and wanted to be clear about choosing an optimized “date of final separation” on my CSRS SF2801 (date in Block 2 of Section B). The date I’ve tentatively entered is May 3, which is the second Friday of Pay Period 10. My last scheduled day of work in that pay period is Thursday, May 2, with Friday and Saturday being regular days off. In that scenario, the federal retirement benefits calculator indicates my “annuity start date” is May 4. When could I reasonably expect my first annuity payment? I was under the…
Q. Will sick and annual leave accrual rates be affected by the furlough? For example, if we were furloughed two days per pay period, would we accrue only 3.2 hours of sick leave per pay period?
Q: I am a civilian GS employee and an active reservist. I am getting deployed to Afghanistan for about 100 days. I was wondering if I am allowed to use any/all/combination of my military leave, civilian regular leave or sick leave while I am deployed. This would allow me to get my GS salary as well as my Army salary at the same time. My GS salary is more than my active-duty salary will be. A: You may take military leave (the 15 days granted each year for training), annual leave or LWOP-US. You may not use sick leave. For…
Q: My husband is retired military (10-percent disabled) and works for the postal service. If he were to apply for a GS position, and be selected, would his time (14 years) and sick/annual leave transfer over to the GS position? A: Yes, his years of service and annual- and sick-leave balances would transfer to his new position.
Q: I am a FERS employee who has more than a year of accumulated Sick leave. Under the current rules, I can get credit for 50 percent until 2014 when I can get 100 percent credit. What’s the first day I can retire to get the 100 percent credit, and how does that fit with the best day to retire to take advantage of getting paid for the maximum amount of annual leave 240 carry over, plus the maximum accumulated during the last year? Can I get both or will I have to make a choice? A: You can get…
Q. Do veterans receive any credit for reserve time they have served in the military? If so, would the credit go toward leave or retirement? In addition, would the military have to verify the reserve time as being creditable? A: No credit of any kind is given for reserve time.
Q. If someone was to transfer from one federal agency to another (Postal Service to Federal Aviation Administration), would his annual leave and sick leave carry over? A. Yes.
Q. Does my retirement date get postponed if I use leave without pay? A. Only if you exceed six months of LWOP in a calendar year.