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Q. I am a term FAA employee. I was a permanent employee with the Department of Defense. I have 13 years of civil service. I have no military time. For 11 of the 13 years, I was a permanent employee with the Department of Defense. If a reduction in force occurs, do I as a term employee received the separation incentives usually offered to permanent employees? What benefits are term employees allowed, such as priority placement program, return rights, etc.? A. You couldn’t receive a voluntary separation incentive payment because only employees serving in an appointment without time limit are…

Q. I was a term employee for one year and my term expired on Dec. 19. I was a GS-6 Step 7. I got an offer for a temporary position Jan. 11, but it comes with a $7,000 reduction in pay, and I was informed that it was management’s choice on whether to honor my previous salary. Can they do this? I am doing the same job that I was doing before, just for a different organization on the installation. My biggest concern is that I am disabled veteran over 30 percent, as well as on the spousal priority placement…

Q. Do full-time term employees (civil servants) accrue time toward their years of service in calculating years for the pension plan? If I were to stay a term employee for the full six years, would that time count toward my pension plan the same as if I were “permanent status”? A. If retirement deductions were taken from your pay, yes. If they weren’t, no.