Q. I am a CSRS Offset employee. I had seven years and 10 months of CSRS service when I left and took my funds out. I returned as CSRS Offset after a 15-month break, did not make a redeposit and now have an additional 26 years of service. I am looking at retiring in 4½ years at age 60. In addition, I am divorced (married 28 years and one month, not remarried). My ex-husband has always made substantially more. Based on the scenario stated, I am of the opinion that: 1. The windfall elimination provision will not apply since I…
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Q. Can a federal retiree who received Voluntary Separation Incentive Pay work for a county public school transportation system within five years of receiving a VSIP? Working for a county government public school transportation system does not mean you need to payback the buyout, right? This only applies to re-employment in another federal government agency.
Q. I am a former federal employee who left government service after 23 years. I have held competitive and excepted service positions. I work as a federal contractor and have held this position for 15 months. I was recently offered a federal job, and the human resources department told me that they could only rehire me at the grade and step level I was at when I left (GS-13/Step 2). However, my current contracting job pays more than that, and I thought they could rehire me at a higher step rate to match what I am making, but the federal…
Q. I have four years of federal service, and I am going to take Voluntary Separation Incentive Pay because it is being offered. I am worried that if I take VSIP and apply for different job after two years, my reinstatement eligibility will be different. In the documentation, they always lump VERA and VSIP re-employment. However, I am 26 years old and would not be receiving a pension. Do you know where documentation is that states re-employment rights when just taking VSIP? How do I know I am not considered a re-employing annuitant? Technically, a payout could be considered an…
Q. I am retired under the CSRS/firefighter retirement benefit. At the time I retired, I was told that after five years, I would be able to hold a temporary, 1039 position without a pay offset of my annuity. Is this true?
Q. I have worked with the understanding that I would enjoy a CSRS retirement. When I turned in a request for retirement computation, I found out that I was a CSRS Offset employee, and they began removing Social Security payments from my paycheck. I am over 55 and have worked over 30 years with the same federal company. I had a break in service to have a baby (that was back when the Family Medical Leave Act did not exist, and I had to quit and return to work as a temp for a year and then be made permanent…
Q. Can I go back to work at the Postal Service after I have received a Voluntary Early Retirement Authority? It would be a noncareer position.
Q. I am a CSRS re-employed annuitant. I retired in December 2007 with three months of sick leave, which was counted as time in service. I plan on retiring again with five additional years in service in December. My human resources department told me the sick leave should have been given back to me when I returned to work. It wasn’t, and my payroll department is trying to get it back. Should I get it back, since the sick leave was considered time in service for me?
Q. I am 55 with almost 10 years in FERS and 31 years military, for which I haven’t made a deposit. If a reduction in force happens, would I be eligible for a buyout or severance pay?
Q. I joined the military Sept. 12, 1978, and retired Oct. 1, 2008, with just over 30 years of active military service (no broken time). I began working for the federal government under FERS on Jan. 4, 2009. I’ve been told that I can resign after five years of government service (Jan. 3, 2014) and collect retirement benefits from the federal government once I reach the age of 62. Is that correct? If I have 40 hours of annual leave and 40 hours of sick leave, what is the earliest I can retire? Would it be two weeks prior to…