CSRS Retirement Eligibility
More than any other federal employees, those who are covered by CSRS are the most likely to be eligible to …More
Expert’s View
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On October 4, OPM announced that the 2018 Federal Employees Health Benefits Open Season will run from November 13 to …More
Children’s Benefits – Health Benefits for Disabled Children
Last week I wrote about the life and health benefits available to your children if you die. This week I …More
Children’s Benefits –Life and Health Insurance
Over the last two weeks, I’ve written about survivor annuities provided to children who meet the necessary criteria, including those …More
Children’s Benefits – Disabled Children
In most cases, the survivor benefits for children end at age 18. Although they can be extended to age 22 …More
Children’s Benefits – Annuities
On April 26 and May 3 I wrote about the survivor benefits provided to the spouses of deceased federal employees …More
Let’s Talk About Life Events – Death
In this series on life events, I’ve moved from the happy topics of marriage and children through the less happy …More
Let’s Talk About Life Events –Separation, Annulment or Divorce
I started this series on life events with the good stuff: marriage and children. Now I want to write about …More
Let’s Talk About Life Events — Having a Child
Last week I wrote about the benefits implications for federal employees and retirees who get married. This time I want …More
Let’s Talk About Life Events – Marriage
With all the uncertainty surrounding this year’s Republican budget proposals and their potential effect on federal employees and retirees, I …More
When You Become Vested for Retirement
The other day, a federal employee who had just put in enough time to move from career-conditional to career status …More
Dates Matter – Deposits to Capture Service
Last week I wrote about the dates that control the creditability of military service in determining your eligibility to retire …More
Dates Matter – Crediting of Military Service for Retirement
Last time I wrote about birth dates and service computation dates. This time I want to point out the dates …More
Dates Matter – Age and Years of Service
Our lives revolve around dates. Birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, holidays, when we get paid, when bills are due, and so on. …More
Getting Credit for Prior Service
The dog days of summer coupled with the stumbling start of a new administration make this a good time to …More
A Sick Leave Primer
As a federal employee, you are blessed with a benefit that’s often denied to those in the private sector – …More
When Can You Retire?
No, this isn’t going to be a run down on all the age and service combinations needed to retire under …More
Creditable Service for Leave Accrual and Retirement
When you work for the federal government, there’s a standard answer to most questions: It all depends. That’s especially true …More
Buyouts Revisited
I’ve written about the rules governing the Voluntary Early Retirement Authority (VERA), deferred annuities, and the MRA+10 provision. This time …More
Postponed Annuities
Over the last two weeks, I’ve spelled out the rules governing employees who retire on an immediate annuity under the …More
