Q. I worked for the Department of the Interior from April 25, 1988, as a seasonal employee until I was converted to career conditional on Dec. 4, 1988. I was then hired at the Postal Service on March 11, 1989. Can I buy back my seasonal time? Will that help with creditable service toward the Voluntary Early Retirement Authority? Can sick leave and annual leave be credited toward the VERA? I do not have the age and my current service computation date is Dec. 4, 1988. I am hoping to reach the 25 years at any age, but it appears…
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Q. I am a federal employee with law enforcement status. My mandatory retirement date is calculated as the end of the month in which I turn 57 years of age (March 31, 2014). However, I have determined that retiring at the end of the 2013 leave year, which is Jan. 11, 2014, is the best date for me to retire so that I may: 1) take advantage of the 100 percent sick leave credit now available to FERS employees, and 2) permit the maximum annual leave lump-sum payment available to me at that time. I can’t see any benefit to…
Q. When I retire under FERS, do I add my sick leave time to my service time, or do I cash in my sick leave? A. Sick leave has no cash value. When you meet the age and service requirements to retire, it will be added to your actual service and used in the computation of your annuity. However, if you retire before Jan. 1, 2014, you’ll only receive half credit for any unused sick leave.
Q. In considering leave without pay unrelated to the Family and Medical Leave Act or military duty, is there a requirement that annual and sick leave must be exhausted before granting LWOP? The following from 5 CFR doesn’t completely address this: If an employee has exhausted his or her available annual or sick leave or other forms of paid time off, he or she may request leave without pay. LWOP is a temporary nonpay status and absence from duty that, in most cases, is granted at the employee’s request. A. Leave without pay is a temporary nonpay status and an…
Q. I am a military reservist. If I am activated/mobilized into active duty, can I use annual leave with my military leave to cover some of the time I will be activated? Can I use sick leave as well? I do not want to take leave without pay if I can help it. A. You may only use annual leave.
Q. I left the Department of Justice in 1999, after working as a civilian for five years. I returned to DOJ in July. On my first day back, my agency told me my accrued sick leave would be reinstated to my account as soon as they got my personnel jacket from the Office of Personnel Management. I am now being told that my personnel jacket does not contain any information about how much sick leave I may have accrued in the 1990s. They asked if I have my final pay stub, which I do not. They also cannot locate this…
Q. My agency will be offering early retirement this year, and I am confused as to whether I will be penalized if I accept it. I have 25½ years of service and will turn 50 in October. What are the negatives for my taking an early retirement — that is, penalties, loss of benefits, etc.? A. If you accepted the early retirement offer, your annuity would be based on the standard FERS formula and your years and full months of service. You’d also receive credit for half of your unused sick leave in your annuity computation. Further, the 5 percent…
Q. I am an activated reservist who has been on military leave without pay from my civilian job as a federal firefighter for four years. I have two questions, one regarding my retirement and the second concerning leave earned on MLWOP. I was hired at age 36 (in 2006) and under normal conditions should be able to retire after 20 years of service at 56 and immediately draw my full retirement (without penalty). Will my four years of activated reserve time be considered part of those 20 years? That is, will I still be able to retire at 20 years…
Q. I’m a full-time civilian Defense Department employee in the Navy Reserve. I’ve been involuntarily recalled to active duty under SEC 12302, Title 10 USC, for 400 days to Afghan. Will I continue to accrue annual and sick leave on active duty? Thank you. A. No. You could accrue annual and sick leave only if you took annual leave for some or all of the time you were on active duty.
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…