Q. I retired in May 2011 under the CSRS program as a Title 32 competitive employee, GS-12. I had 2,665 hours of sick leave when I retired. I received an additional 15 months, 12 days of length of service. The 12 days were dropped for calculation purposes since it didn’t add up to a full month. I came back to work as a rehired annuitant as a temporary employee receiving both my salary and my retired annuity. Am I entitled to get the 12 days (104 hours) reinstated to me to use in my current position, or are those hours…
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Q. I plan to retire on Dec. 31. I plan to return as a rehired annuitant Jan. 2. Can I elect to defer the receipt of my 240 hours of annual leave pay out until my final departure from the agency? A. If you return to work for the government, your unused annual leave should be restored to you. If you are going to work for the same agency, you’ll need to alert your payroll office of that fact. If you are going to a different agency, you may end up with a lump-sum payment for your annual leave, which you’ll…
Q. I am, a 1811 employee who will be 57. I face mandatory to retirement in 2012, with 23 years of service under FERS. Two questions: 1) Regarding the supplement from OPM, is there a earnings test/limit associated with the benefit? Or can I make more then the $14,000 without any reduction to the supplement? 2) Regarding returning to federal service, law enforcement or non-law enforcement position, is that possible and what is the process to prevent a reduction in my pay/annuity? Is there a special term/classification I need to address in the application process? A. First, because you will…
Q: I am curious about Section 9902(h) of Title 5, United States Code. I retired Dec. 31, 2010, but I have since gone back to work part time as a contractor. I would like to go back full time as an annuitant but I am not sure of all the requirements. Can you give me all the criteria? A: The main requirements are simple. First, the position needs to be identified as a hard-to-fill position and be one that is critical to the accomplishment of the organization’s mission. Second, the candidate for the position has to have unique or specialized skills or unusual…
Q: If a person retired as a GM-14 supervisor under the Civil Service Retirement System, can that person be brought back as a rehired annuitant in a supervisory position? A: There is nothing in law or regulation that would prohibit that; however, you’d need to check with the agency that is considering hiring you to see whether there is a policy that would prevent such an appointment.
Q: I retired from the Navy Department and am now looking to apply as a rehired annuitant. where can I submit my resume? A: Start be asking the folks in your former activity’s personnel office. If they don’t have the answer, they can ask someone higher up. Concurrently, you can search for job openings posted at www.usajobs.gov.
Q: I am a Civil Service Retirement System optionally retired rehired annuitant. Because I am under CSRS for retirement, is my salary as a rehired annuitant subject to Social Security withholding? A: As a pure CSRS rehire, you aren’t subject to Social Security deductions unless you were hired as a senior official. If you were, you’d be covered by CSRS Offset, and Social Security deductions would be mandatory.