Q: I am a civilian pharmacist in a term position with the Army. I plan on taking a permanent position with the Army within the next year. However, I would like to take two months off from the time I leave my current job to the time I start my new job. Will I retain my annual leave and sick leave that I have accrued or will this be forfeited due to the break in service? A: Your sick leave balance would be reinstated when you are once again employed. However, any unused annual leave will be cashed out and…
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Q: My supervisor pulled me from the leave donor program. I still have hours in there. I have brain cancer and still have appointments, treatments and surgery. He wants a note from my doctor saying he can ask questions about my cancer. Can he do that? A: Cutting you off from the leave donor program doesn’t sound appropriate. You’ll need to talk to your HR contact about this. I checked with OPM and to their knowledge, a supervisor cannot inquire into an employee’s medical information without your explicit permission.
Q: I plan to retire on Jan. 3. I want to calculate what “full months” of sick leave I will have and how many hours I can use before the end of the year. I’m trying to avoid voiding a full month. I have 2,396 hours of sick leave, and at four hours per pay period, I calculate 2,436 hours, which is almost one year and two months I can use toward retirement. My concern is using sick leave in the interim. If I’m exactly at the one year, two months, I can’t use any leave, save a few hours…
Q. The House passed a bill granting sick leave credit to federal retirees. Is this bill in effect now? A. Yes. Under Public Law 111-84, any FERS employee who dies or retires on or after Oct. 28, 2009 through Dec. 31, 2013, will get half credit for any unused sick leave. They’ll get full credit if they die or retire on or after Jan. 1, 2014.
Q: I plan to retire in December 2011. I will have 42 years in the Civil Service Retirement System with the U.S. Postal Service max annuity is 80 percent, but I will have 18 months of sick leave on the books. How will I be compensated for the sick time? A: At 41 years and 11 months of actual service, you will have reached the maximum annuity of 80 percent. The Office of Personnel Management will offer you the choice of receiving a refund of the additional month’s retirement contributions or using them to buy a little additional annuity. Like…
Q: I am a Civil Service Retirement System employee, with 35 years of service and meet the age requirement to retire. My agency is offering a buyout of $25,000 if we leave by Sept. 30. I am considering this offer as I was planning on leaving Dec. 31, but because Sept. 30 is in the middle of a pay period, should I leave at the end of the pay period which would be Sept. 25 in order to get all leave I would be entitled to and when would my first pension check be for. A: Yes, it’s true that…
Q: I am retired under the Federal Employees Retirement System. I had sick leave accrued, but I did not use it before I retired. I am looking at returning to federal service; will the sick leave I did not use be given back to me if I am rehired? A: Yes, it will.
Q: I left federal civil service in 1982 after 17 1/2 years of service, and I am considering returning on a part-time (50 percent) basis. I had more than seven months of unused sick leave when I left; will I get the unused sick leave reinstated? What amount of sick leave will I earn? At what rate will I earn annual leave? Also, I was under the Civil Service Retirement System when I left. If I return to civil service, will I go back under CSRS, would I go under the Federal Employees Retirement System, or would I have a…
Q: I am a CSRS postal employee. I have my 41 years, 11 months of service time and have one year of unused sick leave accrued. Will I be paid one lump sum for the sick leave, or will it add to my monthly annutity, even though 80% is the maximum? If added to monthly, how would the additional amount be calculated? A: CSRS employees reach the maximum 80 percent limit when they have 41 years and 11 months of service. Therefore, when your annuity is computed, you’ll receive a refund of any contributions you made to the retirement fund…
Q: Under the OPM regulations, it is my understanding that a federal employee can take up to 12 weeks of paid sick leave each year to care for an eligible family member. If a federal employee is 10 weeks or so away from being eligible for retirement and has an emergency family medical situation, is he allowed to take the last 10 weeks of employment as paid sick leave up to the date that they retire? A: The law provides that an employee can take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave. OPM regulations allow an employee to take up…