Q. I am a 51-year-old FERS employee with 23 years of service. Under the Postal Service’s POStPLan, postmasters will receive a reduction-in-force notice in September 2014 if they have not been promoted or found another job. My post office will be turned from a full-time office to a noncareer part-time position, which I can’t work, abolishing my position. If I do not get a written job offer by Sept. 30, 2014, is discontinue service retirement available to me? A. Yes, because you will be at least age 50 and have at least 20 years of service.
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Q. I am a Postal Service employee involved in a reduction in force. Could I transfer to a permanent part-time position with the Transportation Security Administration and maintain my current retirement benefits as a civil service employee? A. Yes.
Q. I am an EAS employee in FERS with 23 years of service at age 63. I have been enrolled self-only in the Federal Employees Health Benefits plan for 4½ years. Should I be terminated through a reduction in force, would I still be able to carry my coverage into retirement although I am short of the five-year enrollment requirement. I understand that there are certain exemptions to the five-year rule. I did not plan to retire until I reached 65. A. You’d receive a pre-approved waiver of the five-year requirement because you would meet the criteria: You were covered under…
Q. I entered the federal workforce on Dec. 12, 1983. I transferred to the FERS retirement plan on June 1988. My Air Force agency is doing a reduction in force this month. I will have 28½ years time in grade and short of three months of my high-3 grade as a GS-13 (Oct. 10, 2012). Congress is talking about doing away with the supplemental income for everyone (That was one reason I switched from CSRS to FERS). I am short of my 30 years of service, but I turned 50 years old in March. (So I am too young to retire.)…
Q. My organization, the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency, is in the process of going through a reduction in force. My organization headquarters is at Fort Detrick, Md. My SPT division is Hill Air Force Base, Utah, and my duty station is at Sierra Army Depot, Calif. At the town hall meeting, they mentioned umbrellas. What are they talking about? And how can this affect a bump and retreat? 2.) I’m categorized as 1AD (tenure group 1 with 30 percent Veterans Affairs Department disability). If my position is affected, can I bump into another position outside of my duty station…
Q. I turned 53 in July. I worked as an intermediate employee with the IRS for seven months in 1985, then as a permanent employee for the CDC/VA Medical Center from 1986 to 1987. I resigned and was reinstated in November 1987 as a temp for two years, then in November 1989 received a permanent job, which I now hold. My service computation date is 1986, and I checked for retirement and the service computation date is 1988. My installation is now talking about a reduction in force. How much time do I have? Where do I stand? The agency…
Q. I’m a FERS employee in a permanent, salaried position with the Air Force. I’m eligible for immediate retirement in December at age 60 with 28.5 years. With all the civilian cuts in the Department of Defense (no official reduction in force yet), are there any safeguards that protect people this close to retirement so they don’t have to worry about losing their jobs (and well-deserved benefits)? All I’ve found is: 1) my seniority (for RIF purposes), and 2) CFR Title 5, Ch. 1, SubCh. A, Part 351.606 and Part 630.212. A. No, there aren’t any safeguards as such. However, because you would meet the…
Q. I am 56 years old with five years in FERS and government health care. If I left early on a buyout or a reduction in force, would I be able to keep government health care? Would I be restricted from working for a government contractor? A. You wouldn’t be able to keep your coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits program. However, you would receive 30 days of free coverage in your plan. You would then have the option of extending your coverage for up to 18 months under the temporary continuation provision of law, for which you’d pay 100 percent of…
Q. I am a retired airman who served from Aug. 9, 1978, to Sept. 1, 1998. I entered federal service at Defense Finance and Accounting Services on April 12, 1999, serving until Aug. 31, 2007 — eight years, four months and 19 days. We had a reduction in force and closed Aug. 31, 2007. I had a break in service until July 20, 2008. when I started at the Department of Veterans Affairs, where I still work. My old service computation date was April 12, 1999. What should my new SCD be with that 10-month, 19-day break? A. Your new…
Q. I am a FERS employee. My organization offered a VSIP/VERA. I applied for the buyout but was denied because this offer was good for the first 100 technicians only. The memo did not state that it was for the first 100 technicians. Can this be true? A. Sure, it can be true. An agency can limit its offer to the level needed to reach its organizational objectives. That limit can be set ahead of time or imposed when the staffing reduction goals have been met.