Q. If a civil servant moves after retirement into an area with a higher locality pay (i.e., the rest of U.S. to the Boston area), do their retirement benefits adjust to meet the need of living in the new area?
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Q. I am a FERS employee being considered for the 60/40 disability retirement. When calculating the amount the person receives based on the high-3 average, is locality pay included? Also, if locality pay is included, is the disability payment adjusted if the person moves to a different locality?
Q. In August 2006, I was hired as a marketing/outreach/sponsorship director (nonappropriated funds). My responsibilities grew to include a supervisory role of the graphics department (two employees). In August 2012, I had the opportunity to apply — and was selected for — public affairs specialist (1035-9). I am now the deputy public affairs officer. I was told that, with an NAF-to-GS transition, my pay would rise only to the next step. My concern is that the human resources office included locality pay as part of the equation in determining my GS pay. I didn’t receive locality pay at NAF and…
Q. Public Law 111-84 provided for a phased-in conversion from nonforeign area cost-of-living allowances to locality pay over a three-year period beginning in 2010. Since the three year phase-in period has been extended (no change in COLA in 2013 or increase to locality rate as anticipated), doesn’t that change the rules for the buyback period, too? Shouldn’t we be allowed to buy back up to the time the final/full locality rate is actually achieved? Do you feel this is something worth pursuing?
Q. If I am a GS-12, Step 3 with the locality of rest of the U.S. and move to Houston, would I get pay at the Houston locality as a GS-12, Step 3?
Q. For FERS retirement purposes, what pay is used for 78 pay periods of high-3 average basic pay calculations: basic pay or adjusted basic pay with locality adjustments?
Q. I will be eligible to retire Aug. 3, 2016 (55 years old, 37 years of service – CSRS). I work in D.C., and the cost of living is added to my salary. Do I use this figure or the figure before the cost-of-living allowance to calculate my high-3 salary?
Q. Since my high-3 occurred in San Antonio between 2005 and 2009, will my locality pay associated with that period be incorporated into my retirement pay if I elected to retire immediately after returning to the U.S., or will I have to take an assignment in the U.S. and remain on station for a year to receive the locality pay of that region?
Q. If the locality pay changes after I start receiving retirement pay, will my retirement amount change by the same percentage, or does it have no impact?
Q. Checking to see if you have any information when the cost-of-living adjustment for Hawaii will be completely converted to locality pay.