Q. Hi, I’m a former student employee with the Department of Defense. The student program I was in was cut, and my annual leave was cashed out. My boss told me that she would put me on sick leave to use up my hours, but I still have a balance. How can I get these hours cashed out? A. You can’t. Unused sick leave has no cash value.
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Q. I’m an electronic technician with the Postal Service and applied for a electronic technician position with the FAA. If I were offered the job, would my time carry over? If my current pay is between the pay scales, is it matched to what I currently make? Since I’m already a federal employee, I wouldn’t need to go through probation again, right? Where can I find out the pay scales and how much annual and sick leave are accrued? Should I know or consider any other information? A. Your years of service, leave accrual rate and TSP investments would transfer…
Q. I am 48. I was active-duty enlisted Navy from 1983 to 1993, so I have 10 years’ active duty. I got out as an E-6 with an honorable discharge. I am also 10 percent disabled, which happened when I applied for the CAVET program. I live in California. I took an early-out special separation bonus lump sum to get out after 10 years. President Reagan was drawing down the forces at the time and offered the early out. I don’t see any money because I understand I have to pay back the SSB lump sum. I have been working…
Q. I am in CSRS and plan to retire at 4:30 pm. May 3. I will have my 80 hours in by that time. My three questions: 1. Do I enter the date May 3, 2013, in Block B Question 2 of the retirement form (SF-2801) as my “Final date of separation”? I think I read an article that there is a difference between a retirement date and the final date of separation. 2. Will I earn eight hours of annual leave for that pay period? 3. Will my annuity start on May 4, with my first check received in…
Q. I am a combination CSRS/FERS 32-year employee of the Postal Service, age 54. I did not have health insurance through the post office because I was always covered by my husband’s health insurance. I only took my own health insurance because I was told I had to be in the program for five years to be eligible to keep the insurance after I retire (in case something happened to my husband or the place he worked at). I have been in the program for four years as of January and did not plan on retiring until January 2014, at…
Q. I am a former military service member with an honorable discharge (not retirement) and just took a position as a federal civil servant. Am I able to receive sick leave recredit (i.e., the equivalent of four hours per pay period) for my military service time? I am already receiving a higher annual leave accrual rate based upon my service time. I found the following regulation — 5 CFR 630.502 — Sick leave recredit: “(a) When an employee transfers between positions under subchapter I of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, the agency from which the employee transfers…
Q. I recently retired from the military with 23½ years of active duty. This included combat duty in Iraq. I have started employment as a federal GS employee within the past 60 days. Does my veteran status entitle me to more than the basic four hours of annual leave per pay period? A. According to OPM, “For leave accrual, retirees receive credit only for: actual service during a war declared by Congress (includes World War II covering the period Dec. 7, 1941, to April 28, 1952) or while participating in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge is…
Q. If one has a Monday through Friday normal tour of duty, and retires on the Friday preceding the Saturday end of the pay period, does one get full credit for annual and sick leave for that last pay period worked? Or should one retire on the end of the pay period? In 2021, the end of the leave year is Saturday, Jan. 1 (based upon extrapolation of the Office of Personnel Management’s schedule of leave year ending dates), and in 2022, the end of the leave year is Saturday, Dec. 31. A. You are only required to complete your…
Q. I plan to retire Jan. 12 with 30 years of service under FERS. I have accrued 401 annual leave hours as of the pay period ending Nov. 17. Will I lose any of my annual leave hours over the 240 for lump-sum purposes? I understand the 2012 leave year ends Jan. 12. A. As long as you retire before the end of the leave year, you’ll be paid for all of your hours of unused annual leave.
Q. Can I buy back my reserve schooling and my summer camps that are active duty on my chronicle statement? On SF 50 block 31, if I buy back three years of my active duty from my reserves and I started in 2005 for the civilian federal government, is it supposed to be counted from 2002? It’s now 2012. Does it mean I have 10 years of federal time? I retired out of the Army Reserve with 20 years. Out of those 20 years, I have two DD-214s — one for basic and Advanced Individual Training and one for Afghanistan…