Q. I am a reserve firefighter. As a full-time firefighter, 25 years of service are required to retire; do I have to spend all 25 years with one department, or can I transfer?
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Q. I am a federal firefighter under FERS. I have 25 years in position and will reach mandatory retirement age in 4.5 years. I want to stay with the federal program where I work. Is it legal for me to retire from the fire service and move to another government position here at the base where I am employed? If so, where is this in print, or under what regulation? I know in years past this was not allowed unless you came back as a contract employee.
Q. I left the active-duty Army with 15 years of service to take a federal law enforcement position (6c). I’ve bought back all 15 years of service, and now I have the opportunity to go back on active duty with the Army (I’ve been in the Reserve) and complete five years for an active-duty retirement. What happens to the buyback time and money when I return to my federal job if I complete the active-duty retirement after I’ve finished the military buyback payments and I have an updated service computation date? What if I finished the federal retirement first with…
Q. I am a CSRS employee, 53 years old, and have 29 years of coverage under 6c law enforcement pay. I have been fortunate enough to be selected for a non-6c SES position. Can you tell me how this will affect my ability to retire? A. Because you are at least 50 years old and have at least 20 years of law enforcement-covered service, you may retire at any time. Taking a non-LEO position won’t affect that right.
Q. I am a covered law enforcement officer (6c), and I am thinking about taking a promotion to a noncovered position that has a promotion potential to GS-14. I have six years in the 6c covered position and four years in a noncovered position in another agency, plus I bought back my military time (four years). If I were to jump ship, work the noncovered position for a few years, with the intention of coming back to a covered position, would I still be able to retire with special coverage as long as I have 20 years total in a…
Q. I served 23 years in the Army and retired in 1999. Sixteen years of that was spent as a special agent with Army Criminal Investigation Command, and the remaining was as a military police officer. I was hired into my current organization as a GS 1811 (law enforcement) in 2002, and, as a result of an age waiver, received primary 6(e) coverage, which allows me to do a full 20 years of 1811 service. Is there any way to get any of my past military time credited as “1811 time,” which would qualify under the 6(e) retirement system so I…
Q. I worked 20 years and two months in a covered firefighter position. I then worked two years in a non-covered position. I have returned to a secondary covered position. Do I face mandatory retirement? Or does my break in service allow me to work past 57? Where would I find the answer in the federal regulations or is this decided by case history. A. Yes, you will face mandatory retirement. Go to www.opm.gov/retire/pubs/handbook/C046.pdf and scroll down to Section 46A3.3-2B1, which applies to both CSRS and FERS LEOs and firefighters. Note: That section hasn’t been updated to show that the…
Q. I will have 20 years of 6c covered service at age 43. If I accepted a noncovered law enforcement position at that time and worked until I was 50, could I collect right away, or would I have to wait until I reach my minimum retirement age? A. You’d have to wait until you reach your MRA.
Q. I am a 48-year-old 1811 with 22 years of service as a special agent. Do I have any retirement options other than serving another two years with the FBI or in another agency as an 1811? If in the next year, I obtain a non-1811 or non-law-enforcement Senior Executive Service position with another agency, how will that affect my retirement? A. Since you have at least 20 years of covered service, you could take any other job and be able to retire when you reach your minimum retirement age, which would be 56. Those 20 years would be calculated…
Q: I will have been in federal law enforcement for 25 years as of April 2011. I will be 46 years old at that point. In my first 15 years of service, I was in a covered law enforcement position. The next two years, I was in a law enforcement position that was not covered. In last seven years, I again have been in a covered position. Will I be eligible to retire in 2011 at the age of 46, or do I have to add the two years I was in the uncovered position onto the 25 years? A:…