I am a Federal Employee Retirement System worker who converted from the Civil Service Retirement System. Under FERS, the only sick leave that I can convert for retirement is 100 hours that I built up ...

OPM processed more than 33,000 retirement claims in early 2026. Learn how your FERS benefit is calculated and how to verify ...

It is important to understand a little of the background of CSRS and FERS to realize how the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset cause substantial, and often, unfair ...

A new bill has been introduced in Congress that would increase the annual cost of living adjustment (COLA) for retired federal employees under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) in some ...

Federal employee benefits are controlled by the Federal government through laws adopted by Congress and promulgated in the Code of Federal Regulations. Anyone who serves Federal Employees in ...

Determining whether a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) retiree can collect spousal Social Security benefits isn't always easy. Typically, because those under CSRS do not pay into Social Security ...

A recent Federal Diary on a House bill that would make deferred retirement payments a better deal for federal employees caught the attention of several readers who raised questions and wished to make ...

A federal employee with 28 years of service and a $92,000 salary will receive a pension closer to $28,000 a year under the ...

I've commented before how surprised I am that a high percentage of emails I get come from the relatively small group of people in this country who don't even pay into Social Security. Most of those ...