Expert

By: fedweek

The MSPB recently found that an annuitant who worked four hours a day and received OWCP benefits for the other four hours while he was on leave-without-pay should have been treated as a full-time employee for retirement purposes, writes benefits expert Reg Jones. “If you fit into this category and are entitled to additional service credit, get in touch with your former agency and ask them to make sure that you are included in any list they send to OPM,” he writes. You’ll find his column at fedweek.com/experts