Q. I once read that time spent on FERS disability would count toward retirement but not toward the computation of a new retirement annuity if re-employed in the government. I worked for USPS for 21 years and retired on disability. I continued to work in a job for disabled people, and as my income was approaching the 80 percent limit to be found recovered, I applied for a position with the government and was hired as a GS-07 employee found to be restored to earnings capacity. Is that time I was on disability lost, or does it add on as…
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Q. I am 58 and was a FERS employee at the USPS for 27 years. I have been on disability retirement for 10 months and am still receiving interim payments from OPM. My case has not been finalized. I am now found medically recovered by my doctor and have been released to return to work at the USPS. OPM has told me that I am eligible to return to work at the USPS. I retired as Postmaster EAS 18. OPM stated that I should find a job that I am interested in that is the same level that I retired…
Q. If I retire at 63 from VA, can I go back and get rehired? A. Yes; however, as a re-employed annuitant, as a rule your salary would be offset by the amount of your annuity.
Q. I worked for a member of Congress for a little more than six years ending 12 years ago. Because he lost the next election, I became vested and eligible to receive a small pension but no health insurance (less than 10 years of service). Although I am over 62, I have never requested of collected any retirement benefits. Now I have an opportunity to go back to work for a federal agency at the GS-15 level. I assume that the benefits and time would be additive in some way, but how long would I have to work for my…
Q. I have about 25 years of FERS service, am in a 6c covered law enforcement job and am looking to move into another federal agency in a non-law-enforcement capacity but at slightly higher pay. Because the recently enacted Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act stipulates that only law enforcement officers who “retired” from a job with law enforcement arrest and weapons carriage authority at the time of retirement qualify, I am considering the possibility of retiring on a Saturday (at the end of a pay period) and then “rehiring” in my FERS non- law-enforcement job the next day (Sunday), since…
Q. Can you direct me to detailed instructions on how to re-enter the CSRS? The information that I have gotten so far (off the Internet) is too vague to be useful. A. You’ll find the rules governing which retirement system a rehired employee can be in at www.opm.gov/retire/pubs/handbook/C010.pdf. Just scroll down to Section 10A1.2-1.
Q. If someone retires as a law enforcement officer, is he still eligible to obtain another federal job without it interfering with the LEO retirement? A. Yes. However, as a rule, the salary of your new position would be offset by the amount of your annuity.
Q. I retired (took an early out with 27 years of service) in 1997 at 52 under CSRS. I have been working in private industry since 2000. I understand that if I went back to work for the government, my CSRS pension would be deducted from my salary? What about hard to fill jobs, such as low-paying jobs with the Army and Air Force Exchange Service in Europe? A. While every agency has limited authority to hire retirees to meet critical needs and allow them to receive both their annuity and the full salary of a position, the Defense Department has broader authority to…
Q. I took early retirement in 1999 but have been re-employed with the federal government since May 2004. Currently I am a permanent employee in the competitive service per my SF-50. One of my employees filed an IG complaint regarding my re-employment. The IG person told me that at the anniversary of my hiring that I would be let go since there was a one year limit or a waiver to the one year mandate would have to be sought. I am a CSRS Offsetr etirement individual. Does the DoD have a limit of one year for its rehired annuitants?…
Q: I was employed by the federal government between August 1983 and September 1999. At the time I left civil service, I withdrew contributions of $50,000. I have been offered a position with the federal government again. I am now 64. If I accept the position, will I be eligible for a pension? How many years would I have to work? Am I eligible for redeposit of funds? A: In order to get credit for your prior service, you would have to redeposit that money plus accumulated interest. If you did so, you’d be eligible for an immediate annuity because…