CSRS Annuity Computation

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COMPUTING CREDITABLE SERVICE FOR FF/LEO RETIREMENT

Look at employee's work history, (sample form included):

  1. List service by dates served in each position number (including any classification changes).
  2. Verify special retirement coverage (and non-coverage) of each position occupied by employee:

Use the Bureau or Office listing of covered positions, and/or

  • OPM/DOI letters of approval. Read approval letters very carefully. Some OPM and USDOI approval letters have a coverage ending date.
  1. Use retirement service credit instructions, CSRS & FERS Handbook for Personnel and Payroll Offices, Chapter 20:
  • Full credit for LWOP up to 6 months in a calendar year;
  • Intermittent, credit only days/hours worked (use conversion charts in CSRS & FERS Handbook)
  • Full credit for time on OWCP, if employee returns to work

NOTE 1: Forest Service has corrected some Intermittent service to Nonpay, generally for service occurring between May 1984 and 1990.

NOTE 2: Under FERS, no credit is given for ANY retirement purpose (eligibility for benefits or computation of annuity) unless the employee makes retirement contributions for the service. Temporary service performed after December 31, 1988 (non-deduction service) is not creditable for retirement purposes. Temporary service performed before January 1, 1989, is creditable for retirement purposes only if a deposit is paid. (See FLERT pamphlet "Information on Deposits and Redeposits", and CSRS and FERS Handbook, Chapter 21.)

NOTE 3: Work claimed by employee must meet definition of creditable service. Individuals who meet the "Federal function" and "supervision" tests are not Federal employees until formally appointed in the civil service. The appointing authority must have completed a Standard Form 50, Notification of Personnel Action, or other acceptable equivalent personnel action document used for appointing an individual into Federal employment. Work performed by Emergency Firefighters (EFF) does not meet the definition of "Federal employee." (CSRS and FERS Handbook, Chapter 20)

CERTIFICATION OF SPECIAL RETIREMENT ELIGIBILITY: The servicing personnel office must submit certification of meeting 20 years of coverage with Firefighter/Law Enforcement Officer retirement packages. This can be done using the work history form.

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