Q: I am a USPS employee (FERS) receiving a military retirement check for 22 years of service. When I reach 20 years with the postal service (age 63), will I be able to retire without the military buy back option? I do not want to waive my monthly military checks. A: You don’t have to make a deposit for your active duty service or waive your military retired pay. Any FERS employee can retire on an unreduced annuity if he or she is at least age 60 and has 20 years of service.
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Q: I am 52 years old with 27 years with the Postal Service (FERS). How would it affect me if I accepted the Voluntary Early Retirement Authority (VERA)? Would I get the Social Security Supplement upon acceptance? A: No. You wouldn’t receive it until you reached your minimum retirement age, which in your case would be 56.
Q: I am a FERS employee. I work for the USPS. I was 55 in August 2009. I had 33 and 1/2 years as of April 30, 2009. I have an accepted OWCP injury that occurred in 2007. I was looking into disability but was told by a lawyer that there was no need because at this point I would not receive more than what my immediate retirement would be. If I was on disability until I was 62 years old, wouldn’t that increase my years of service by seven years, hence giving me more money when figuring out the…
Q: On Dec. 16 I applied for a job as a criminal investigator with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. I had to submit a qualification form to verify my age to make sure I meet the age requirements of being hired by the time I’m 36. I was denied further consideration because I was too old for the position. I’m 37 and will be 38 on Feb. 25. I’ve been in the federal law enforcement system in 6C covered positions for 12 years now, three years with Secret Service Uniformed Division and nine years with the Air Marshal Service. As…
Q: I am 52 years old with 27 years with the Postal Service (FERS). How would it affect me if I accepted the VERA? Would I get the Social Security Supplement upon acceptance, and how would it affect my TSP, as I would need to start withdrawing it immediately upon accepting the VERA? A: You wouldn’t be eligible for the special retirement supplement until you reached your minimum retirement age, which in your case would be 56.
Q: I have been on disability retirement for 4 1/2 years. I worked for the USPS for 28.6 years. I am able to work but can’t do the required lifting 70 pounds, pushing and pulling. I can do everything else. How do I apply for a position? I am now 58. A: There are two ways you can apply for a position. You can go to the personnel office at your former activity or you can go to the Postal Service’s website at www.usps.com/employment/welcome.htm.
Q: I am a postal inspector by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and recently received a step increase, from GS/EAS 15, step 7 (119554) to step 8 (122875) based on time in grade. The step increase was reflected in my pay stub beginning with pay period two, but did not impact my take-home pay. This is likely due to the LEP and SPA that I receive as an 1811, which has kept my total compensation at level 4 of the executive pay grade (155500) for the last two years. I also noticed that my LEP was reduced, probably to absorb…
Q: My father retired from the U.S. Postal Service with an annuity in the late 1980s. He passed in August of this year and the OPM retirement person says there are no survivor benefits except to a spouse or disabled child. My father was divorced and never remarried. I am his only child and not disabled. She explained that the annuity was paid out to my father during his life and would be prorated from the beginning of the month he received a check to the date of his death, a monthly health insurance deducted and no other funds are…
Q: I am a Postal worker and will have my 30 years on 04/30/2013. I am under the FERS system & will be 57 years old if I retire then. Can you explain about “supplemental Social Security” or something that makes up the difference of what I would receive if I were 62 years old? A: The special retirement supplement is intended to bridge the gap between the date on which you retire and age 62, when you’ll first be eligible for a Social Security benefit. You can do a paper and pencil estimate of what that might be by using a simple formula.…
Q: I am a postal employee planning to retire in 2011. I have added my 22-year-old daughter back on to my health insurance as allowed by the new health care reform act. Can I still maintain her on my insurance with self and family after I retire until she is 26? A: Yes, until she reaches age 26.