Q. What impact does USERRA have on the high-3 calculation? For instance, please consider a hypothetical situation in which a civilian employee/military reservist earned annual income from his civilian federal agency of $96,000 one year, then $98,000 the next and then is making $100,000 when called to active duty at the end of the next year. He is activated for two years, during which time the GS scale gets annual 3 percent increases across the board. He comes back and works a final year, pays his military deposit, then retires after another 3 percent increase gives him an entire year…
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Q. I work for a state agency and I have enough time that I am vested. If I go to work for the federal government, will the state time and federal time combine for retirement purposes?
Q. Is it true that if you go on leave without pay for up to a year, you can retain that time in service?
Q. I have 14 years in the military and have worked 11 years for the U.S. Postal Service. I want to do a total of 25 years. I will be age 49. Can I retire at this age?
Q. I have 40 years of service from a local Air District in the Bay Area in California, but I am short the 40 quarters by eight quarters. Is it worth working to get the 40 quarters?
Q. The only service computation date on the leave and earnings statement is for leave computation; where can I find my SCD for retirement?
If you have spent time in the military, you may be entitled to credit for that time in the computation of your Civil Service Retirement System or Federal Employee Retirement System annuity. To be eligible, you must have done one of the following: Served on active duty in the armed forces, which are defined as the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps or Coast Guard and, after June 30, 1960, in the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service or, after June 30, 1961, in the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration; Served as a cadet in…
Q. Should I receive service credit and/or leave accrual for actual service during a war? I have active service with the Navy during the Persian Gulf War, from Aug. 2, 1990, to Jan. 2, 1992. I’m currently employed with the federal government.