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  My SCD is 7 Oct 73. I am CSRS. I am 55 years old. I was planning on retiring this December but am considering going part-time for about a year starting in Jan 08. Would this have an effect on my retirement income? Money wise, would I be better off if I just retired in December? This December I would like to make the decision to either retire or go part-time. My husband is also a Federal employee and he has two more years before he can retire.

  Cheryl Canfield Posted August 13, 2007 8:54 AM
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  I read your column about Part-time Rules Part One. I never saw part two. I have been employed by the Bankruptcy Court for 25 years. The first 15 years I worked full time. The next 4 years and 5 months I worked part-time with a 24 hour work week. For the last 6 years I worked part-time with a 16 hour work week. We are now under a RIF and have been offered the Early Out Retirement. How do I calculate my monthly annuity? I know it is pro-rated for my part-time service. Do I have to do this in 3 steps to include full-time, and 2 different part-time tours of duty? I requested an estimate from Human Resources, but it seems to be incorrect. Any information you give would be greatly appreciated. I am covered under FERS. Thank you.

  Betty Powell Posted August 2, 2007 11:10 AM
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  I worked for Federal government as summer interns for couple of summers. Can these months be counted toward my years of service? I do not recall what was on those SF-50s but they had temporary status. How can I get these old SF-50s? Thanks for answering!

  An Dang Posted July 25, 2007 9:33 AM
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  If someone switches to a full-time appointment, they can stop the "pro-ration" of their service from that point forward, but they cannot eliminate the fact that some of their career was under a part-time appointment. However, by working longer they can work up to the same retirement benefit they would have had without the part-time service.

  Additionally, if an employee actually works more hours than what they are scheduled to work on a part-time appointment, those additional hours can be used to increase their "pro-ration" factor for the part-time appointment. The employee should make sure that the payroll records reflecting the actual hours worked are used to compute their retirement rather than the "scheduled" hours that are shown on the Notification of Personnel Action (SF 50) form.

  Tammy Flanagan Posted May 18, 2007 7:00 AM
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  Fifteen years ago my wife elected to switch to part-time employment for child care reasons. Her Agency never informed her that her CSRS pension would be impacted due to working less than 40 hours per week.

  Seven years ago, she attended a pre-retirement course where she was alerted to this and switched back to full-time. If she works over-time during the next couple of years can she use these additional hours to offset the pension reduction due the period that she worked less than full-time?

  Also, while she was part-time she occasionally worked more hours than her official part-time schedule. If she locates and keeps those pay stubs can this be used to offset the pension reduction?

  GovExec.com reader Posted March 2, 2007 9:05 AM