Q. I am a Defense Department civilian employee under FERS. My date of birth is March 15, 1954. My EOD was Oct. 1, 2007, which gives me five years of service. I have accrued 111.75 hours of annual leave, 80 hours of sick leave and 8.5 credit hours as of the pay period ending Oct. 6. I do not meet eligibility requirements for an early retirement under FERS, so If I resign within the next few weeks, what is the process I need to go through, and what can I expect as far as payout? Will I lose any of…
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Q. I plan to retire at the end of the year under CSRS with 30 years of service. I received my last cost-of-living increase Jan. 3, 2010, which would be part of my high-3. Do I have to stay until Jan. 3, or can I retire Dec. 29 and still receive full credit for the cost-of-living increase toward my high-3? If I have to stay until Jan. 3, will I still get paid in my last check for my 439 hours of annual leave? A. The 2012 leave year ends Jan. 12. If you want to be on the annuity…
Q. A former federal employee was making his buyback through payroll deduction and still owed approximately $2,500. He was suspended indefinitely and, after several years, resigned. He was never given an opportunity to pay the lump sum to max his buyback. He was led to believe it would be taken out of his unused leave. Will he still be able to pay a lump sum or at least get credit for the amount he already contributed? A. He will neither be able to pay a lump sum to complete the deposit nor get credit for the amount he already put…
Q. In the last buyout the clerks had for $15,000, one of our clerks took that and said that she got paid for the holidays after her retirement date if her annual leave would have taken her through those dates. Back then, the retirement date was the end of November and she got paid for Christmas, New Year’s and Martin Luther King Day. Does this benefit apply all the time when a person retires, or is it just when a buyout is offered? A. Yes. Unused annual leave is projected forward as if you were still on the job and…
Q. I have been employed as a rehired annuitant under FERS for more than three years and will retire again. While re-employed, I received both my annuity and the salary of my new position. What is the procedure in reference to my annual leave? Will I be given a lump-sum payment for it? And as far as sick leave, will my hours incurred be added to my time as an annuitant. A. While you will receive a lump-sum payment for your annual leave, you won’t get credit for unused sick leave, nor will you be eligible for a supplemental annuity.…
Q. I am covered under CSRS and am retiring Dec. 29. I will have an annual leave balance of 440 hours, which includes hours I must lose or use at the time of retirement. Normally, 240 hours of annual leave carry over to the next year. Will I forfeit the extra hours, or will I get a lump-sum payment for all of the 440 hours of annual leave? A. For most employees, the leave year ends Jan. 12, 2013. Therefore, you’d be paid for all your unused annual leave.
Q. I’m considering retiring on July 3, 2013. My current and projected sick leave balance is as follows: Currently as of pay period 14 = 2,320.45 End of this calendar year projection = 2,372.45 Projected amount as of June 29, 2013 = 2,428.45 (last pay period before retirement) If you apply the Office of Personnel Management’s sick leave conversion to the 2,428.45 sick leave hours at the time of my probable retirement (July 3, 2013), the conversion table states that I’ll be one hour or .55 hours shy of having one year and two months of sick leave applied to…
Q. I worked for the federal government for 14 years (1980 to 1994). When I left federal service, I took a buyout. I would like to return to federal service. If I get a job, will I start out at 13 days of annual leave, or will I earn an amount equal to the amount I accrued after 14 years of service? A. You will get credit for your earlier service in determining your leave accrual category.
Q. Would you please explain the differences between using leave without pay and leave without pay-uniformed services and how it impacts someone at retirement? Am I automatically placed on LWOP-US when activated for Reserve training (title 32), or can I request LWOP and not have to make a deposit? I have been making deposits for a lot of LWOP-US over my career and would hate to find out I didn’t have to make those payments for stints less than six months. A. No, you don’t have a choice. When called to active duty, you are automatically placed on LWOP-US unless…
Q. I am a retired Navy veteran who recently became a federal employee. How does my military service count toward my federal service time, leave and retirement benefits? A. To learn what benefits you are entitled to as a retired member of the armed forces, go to www.opm.gov/StaffingPortal/vetguide.asp and scroll to Service Credit.