Q. Can I buy back temp time? I was a temp from Dec. 8, 2008, until March 2010. My service computation date is Dec. 8, 2008. I am not getting ready to retire, but I was told that I could buy back my temp time to change my SCD. Is this true? If so, what do I need to do? A. Since you SCD is set on the date that you began your temp time, you appear to have gotten credit for leave purposes. However, you cannot get credit for that time for retirement purposes. Nondeduction service performed after Jan.…
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Q. Can I buy back temp time? I’m currently a permanent employee and I was a temp for 15 months. I am not getting ready to retire, but; I was told that I could buy back my temp time. Is this true?. A. Unfortunately, you can’t get credit for that time. Under FERS, periods of nondeduction service performed on or after Jan. 1, 1989, aren’t creditable for either length of service or annuity computation purposes.
Q. I am trying to find out if my temporary federal government employment during the 1990s can be credited toward my service computation date. When I was young, I worked briefly for two different federal government agencies as a stay-in schooler. Later on, I worked for another government agency and did not stay there long either (not as a stay-in-schooler). Later on after I left the military, I went back to the federal government for a year before I was hired at another agency. My service computation date is based off my military service and my other two federal employers. …
Q: I will be 52 years old in June and will have 20 years of service in September 2011. Five years of that was as a temporary employee. Could I be eligible to take an early out on the offer of adding five years to my age and five to my service? I do not participate in medical insurance here so that would not be a consideration for me. A: Because your non-deduction service was performed after December 31, 1988, that time isn’t creditable for any retirement purpose. As for having five years added to your service time and age…
Q: I worked in a federal job as a temporary employee where no retirement deductions were taken out for seven years. I was then converted to a permanent employee. I am now 62 years old with 33 years of federal service and a service computation date of 1977. I am looking at retirement but I am reading about the requirement to pay a deposit back so that my annuity will not be reduced by 10 percent. How do I go about determining what that amount is, and how do I pay it back? A: Because your period of nondeduction service…
Q: I have worked for the federal government since February 2008 when I was hired as a temporary employee. In September 2009, the job converted to permanent. Is there any way to buy back my temporary time so that I could reach career status sooner? A: No, there isn’t. You can’t make a deposit to get credit for any period of non-deduction service occurring on or after Jan. 1, 1989.
Q: I was employed in temporary positions with the federal government from 1971 through 1986. During that period, I accumulated 10 full-time years of federal service during which I paid in only to Social Security because temporary federal employees were not allowed to partcipate in the Civil Service Retirement System. My first permanent federal appointment was in December 1986, at which time I enrolled in the Federal Employees Retirement System. My understanding is that for the approximately six years I worked prior to 1982, I will receive 90 percent of the CSRS annuity calculation without making a re-deposit. However, I…
Q: When I was first hired as a federal employee in 1986, I believe my first few months were as a full-time temporary employee before I became a full-time permanent employee. Do these first few months count as creditable service time toward my retirement? A: They won’t count unless you make a deposit for that time to the retirement fund.