Q. I will be 56 by mid-January. My service computation date is May 13, 1992. I am a GS-13, level 8. I have received my 20-year pin (I bought back six years of Navy active-duty time) yet the payroll department at our Veterans Affairs medical center now tell me I only have 17 years. I left the VA system for private business in 2003 for three years, then came back to my previous position in VA. I left my FERS money in the system when I left. Would this make me eligible to retain those three years toward my retirement,…
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Q. I plan to retire at the end of 2013. This includes two years’ Navy time, which I have paid back some years ago. My service computation date is April 1, 1974. I have a sick leave balance of 2,700 hours. My work schedule is nine-hour days Monday — Thursday and four hours on Friday. How much credit will I earn for my unused sick leave? How will not working a standard eight-hour day affect the sick leave credit calculation? A. Your nonstandard work schedule has nothing to do with how your sick leave will be credited. You’ll get one…
Q. When I initially joined federal service overseas, my original service computation date was March 4, 1982. Due to two small breaks in service (coming back from overseas under excepted service to a temporary job and then the break from the end of the temporary job to gaining a permanent position), my SCD was adjusted to April 3, 1983. I have since paid back the monies for the breaks in service (with the OPM documentation to prove it), but don’t understand why my SCD has not reverted back to the original date of March 4, 1982. Why doesn’t the SCD…
Q. I’m applying for a VA position as a GS civilian (Catholic priest). I’ve been in military service continuously since Feb. 6, 1994, and still serve in the Air Force Reserve. I have a DD-214 that documents 12 years, eight months and four days of active military service. In my VA application, I’m being asked to report my service computation date. For the purposes of my VA application, is my SCD the same as my Total Active Federal Service Date in the military? My TAFSD is 12 years, eight months and four days ago, Jan. 13, 2000 — but that…
Q. I want to receive the 1.1 percent enhanced multiplier of 20 years of retirement at age 65 versus 1 percent. I started work May 9, 1993 (service computation date is May 28, 1992). I will have 360 days’ sick leave when I retire. I realize only half of my sick leave is computed for retirement purposes before 2014. I would like to retire either April 7 or April 21, 2013, but only if I get full credit for 20 years of service under FERS. Do I have to wait until May 9, 2013, to qualify for 1.1 percent enhanced…
Q. If I retire Jan. 3, will I lose any leave above the 240 hours I have accumulated? Also, since I’m a CSRS employee, if I retire Jan. 3, will I receive my annuity check on the first of each month? Are the two days left on my service computation date considered annual leave for me to take, or do they just go away? A. Since the leave year doesn’t end until Jan. 13, you’ll receive a lump-sum payment for all your unused annual leave. Because you are a CSRS employee, you can retire up to the third day of…
Q. If I retire Jan. 3, will I lose any leave above the 240 hours I have accumulated? Also, since I’m a CSRS employee, if I retire Jan. 3, will I receive my annuity check on the first of each month? Are the two days left on my service computation date considered annual leave for me to take, or do they just go away? A. Since the leave year doesn’t end until Jan. 13, you’ll receive a lump-sum payment for all your unused annual leave. Because you are a CSRS employee, you can retire up to the third day of…
Q. I’m retiring in January and am a 58-year-old CSRS Offset employee with 35+ years of creditable service. My service computation date is in November 1977, although seven years were temporary civil service prior to my permanent hiring in March 1984. 1. Will the windfall elimination provision apply to me? 2. If I buy back my post-1982 temp time, will that have an effect on whether or not the WEP will apply to me? My current Social Security statement shows my SSA earnings started in 1970, if that makes any difference. A. The rule governing the windfall elimination provision is…
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 about to retire under CSRS, under which I have worked since 1977. I am now receiving a disability pension from the Veterans Affairs Department for a service-connected disability. I was on active duty from 1969 to 1973. In the past, I had received my disability pension from the military. I have been told that my records show that my military time will count toward my CSRS retirement, but I have to pay for my military time. I see that in the Effect of Military Retired Pay section of OPM Form 1515, for my military service to count…