Q. I am going to retire in October. I have 42 hours of annual leave left. I would like to use 24 hours before I go. I will turn 60 in those three days and will be able to reach the FERS bridge I need to be in a pay status. Since we are given our leave at the first of the year, can I do this? Will I owe them money? Will it be allowed? A. First, you would need to get your supervisor’s approval to take annual leave. Second, if you took leave that you hadn’t earned, you’d owe…
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Q. I am doing long-range retirement planning, and the answer I need is not addressed by the OPM website, as the end of leave year page is only shown through 2020. Could you give an estimate of the best days for a FERS covered employee to retire at the end of leave year in 2021 and 2022? My research shows that I need to work until Dec. 31, 2022, to get full credit for the entire leave year. A. I don’t know when the leave year will end in 2021 or 2022. And I’m not going to waste my time…
Q. I am a CSRS USPS employee (age 56 with 35 years’ service) thinking about retiring at the end of the year. Do the same dates hold true for postal workers as federal employees? To maximize my benefits, I believe Dec. 29 is the best date. USPS pay periods do not follow the same as federal. Does this affect the retirement date? A. To maximize your benefits when you retire, you need to do only two things: 1) retire no later than the end of the leave year and 2) retire before Jan. 3. That way you’ll receive a lump-sum…
Q. Do you know if sell back of annual leave is included in your final regular paycheck from your agency after retiring? Or is it sent as a separate check? A. Because there is no set rule, only your agency payroll office can answer that question.
Q. I was medically retired after more than 20 years with the U.S. Army due to a service-connected disability (arteriosclerosis — heart disease — falling under Agent Orange exposure during the Vietnam War as recognized by the VA and the Army). The medical retirement is reflected on my DD 214, and I have VA documentation of my 60 percent disability. I believe I qualify for receiving credit for my uniformed service toward annual leave accrual. Does this qualify me to receive credit for military service toward annual leave accrual? How do I get OPM to recognize and process my case…
Q. I am on six weeks of sick leave. Will I continue to accrue sick leave and annual leave during these six weeks? A. Yes.
Q. I worked for the Department of Justice for 18 months, then transferred to the Department of Veterans Affairs. I have served three years of federal service. Am I entitled to begin receiving six hours of annual leave per pay period, or did my service time start over when I transferred? A. Yes. Your prior service time transferred with you.
Q. I served in the Army for two years and nine months and was medically retired out. I have become a federal employee. I have been told by my HR office that my time in the service will not count toward my leave accrual or retirement because I was retired out. I have been to OPM’s website and looked at the regulations, and from what I can tell, OPM defines military retirement as that for which you are eligible to receive retirement benefits, which I am not. So I am confused. A. According to OPM, these rules apply: Under law…
Q. I am a CSRS employee who plans to retire at the end of 2012 and plans to have 440 hours of annual leave, for which I wish to get paid in 2013 so it will be in my 2013 income. I understand that I could retire Dec. 29, which is the end of the 26th pay period, and receive this annual pay in my last paycheck, which I would receive Jan. 4, 2013. Can I retire Jan. 3 and still carry over my extra leave and get paid for that in the 27th paycheck, which would be issued Jan.…
Q. When I retire from the USPS in Alaska, will I receive the T-COLA with my leave when I cash it out? A. An agency calculates your lump-sum payment by multiplying the number of hours of accumulated and accrued annual leave by your applicable hourly rate of pay, plus other types of pay you would have received while on annual leave, excluding any allowances paid for the sole purpose of retaining you in government service (e.g., retention incentives and physicians comparability allowances). You’ll have to check with your payroll office to find out if the Alaska T-COLA would be included.