Browsing: Eligibility

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. What would my retirement benefit percentage be if I retire at 20 years as a law enforcement officer but I am only 43? Four years of military bought back. Started in the Federal Bureau of Prisons at age 22 in 1993. Will have 20 years on Sept. 19 and will turn 43 a few days later. Served in the Army from age 18 to 22, 1989-1993. Can I do this? Presumably with a decreased benefit.

Q. I am a Postal Service employee whose plant was recently closed. They are talking about a possible reduction in force after the first of the year if I don’t find a job. If that happens, I believe I am eligible for unemployment benefits. I am also eligible to retire, which I did not plan on doing, but if that happens, can I collect my pension and also unemployment benefits? I read the laws in New Jersey concerning that and I believe they are reduced.

Q. I am 47 years old and have 23 years of covered federal law enforcement time and one year of uncovered, non-LEO time. I want to retire when I reach 49 years of age when I have 25 years of total service. Does the 20 at age 50 or 25 years at any time retirement scenario apply? Or does the “25 at any age” require 25 years of covered service?

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