Q. As a federal agent with 6c coverage, do I have to achieve 20 years of service *on* the day I turn 57, or can I achieve 20 years of service *during* the year I turn 57? For example, could I achieve 20 years of service in the sixth month of the year I turn 57, so long as I retire during my 57th year of age with 20 years of service? Everything I see says I have to achieve 20 years at age 57.
A. You appear to be asking about the rules for mandatory retirement. If you have completed 20 years of service, you must be separated on the last day of the month in which you reach age 57. If you have reached age 57 and haven’t completed the required 20 years of service, you must be separated on the last day of the month in which you complete 20 years of service.
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Is there a reference I can cite this regulation to allow you to stay until you reach 20 years of covered service? Seems my HR doesn’t believe it and isn’t willing to research it. They’re going to force me out 3 months shy of 20 years of covered service.
Yes. Go to https://www.opm.gov/retirement-services/publications-forms/csrsfers-handbook/c046.pdf and scroll to Section 46B2.1-2 B2.