Q. I was a federal employee in the 1970s under CSRS who left after more than years and received a refund of contributions. I was rehired in the federal government under FERS in 2010 and my agency recognized five years, three months and 27 days of past government service on my service computation date. Will that time count toward my FERS annuity when the time comes for me to retire, assuming I meet age and other time of service requirements? A. No, it won’t be included in your FERS annuity. Instead, because you had at least five years of CSRS…
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Q. Can time spent at a military service academy — which is not included as part of an active-duty military retirement and can be purchased to count toward a federal employee’s retirement — be used for annual leave accrual purposes in addition to the normal campaign and awards time that is normally used for healthy military retirees? I do not find it specifically addressed by the Office of Personnel Management in the Personnel Guide to Processing Personnel Actions, Chapter 6 – Determining SCDs. A. According to OPM, for leave accrual purposes, retired members of the military receive credit only for…
Q. If my computation date is August 1985, should I be in FERS or CSRS? I am currently under FERS but read that Congress implemented it in 1986? A. You are right where you should be. You would have had to be covered by CSRS for five years before Jan. 1, 1987, to have remained in that retirement system. Because you didn’t have five years, you were automatically converted to FERS.
Q. I served four years in the Army and was medically retired. I am now a federal employee and am accruing four hours of leave per pay period. Because my retirement was not deemed “service-connected,” only the year that I spent in Iraq counts toward my service computation date. I am no longer receiving retirement payments because my Veterans Affairs Department disability is greater than my retirement amount. If I buy back my military time, will all of the years count toward my SCD and retirement? A. For nonretired members, full credit for uniformed service (including active duty and active…
Q. My Civilian Personnel Activity Center office is questioning whether my service academy time is creditable toward my service computation date based on the fact that my type of separation (dismissal) and character of service (not applicable). My discharge is not honorable or dishonorable, but I didn’t think it mattered for service academy time because I wasn’t commissioned yet. Any documentation to show my CPAC office would be much appreciated. A. Section 1115 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008 explicitly made academy time creditable for retirement purposes and should be included when setting that service computation date. Although not…
Q. I have a question regarding adding sick leave to complete partial months of creditable federal service. I’m a federal law enforcement agent with over 20 years of Federal Employees Retirement System time and am over 50 years old. My service computation date is April 22, 1985, which means as of Dec. 22, 2011, I had 26 years, eight months of service, including military time. By Dec. 31, I’d have nine extra days of service that will be lost because the Office of Personnel Management only recognizes years and full months. I want to add sick leave days to complete a…
Q. I entered active duty Jan.1, 1981, and exited July 15, 1983. I have 10 months of previous active duty. I worked up until Dec. 29, 1986, when I resigned and went to the private sector. I re-entered government service Sept, 29, 1988, and have been in the government since. I have bought back and paid for 40 months of my military service. How can I determine myservice computation date so I may prepare for retirement in July 2012. My HR support seems to be a bit clueless on this. A. Round up any records you have, go to your…
Q. I am prior military servicemen who enlisted in the delayed entry program in December 1982 but went on active duty in the Marine Corps in March 1983. Does this inactive ready reserve time count toward establishing my civilian service computation date, both before active and after active duty? And also how does my active reserve time total into the SCD as well? A. Active-duty service is the only military time that counts when establishing your service computation date. Reserve time, whether inactive or inactive ready reserve doesn’t count.
Q: Where can I find my amount of credible service, or time that counts toward my retirement? A: Your service computation date (SCD) will be shown on your leave and earnings statement. It reflects all your federal service that is creditable. Because some service is never creditable, and some is creditable only with the payment of a deposit or redeposit of retirement contributions, you’ll have to look in your official personnel folder (OFP) and talk with someone in your personnel office if any of your time in service isn’t included in your SCD.
Q: I am under FERS. I had a break in service. I left service in 1987. I’m pretty sure I did not draw out any retirement contributions. How can I verify that I didn’t? A: Begin by looking at your service computation date. If it reflects you earlier period of service, then you have proof that you didn’t get a refund of your retirement contributions. If you haven’t been credited with that time and your official personnel folder doesn’t contain any information about your prior service, you can call the National Personnel Records Center at 314-801-9250.