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Ask Reg: Can I negotiate my federal salary offer?
Departments and agencies vary in the latitude they give their supervisors and managers to vary the step they offer to a prospective employee.
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Ask Reg: How long does it take to be vested for federal pension?
A reader asks if their military service counts toward their retirement eligibility.
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Ask Reg: The process for counting active duty time toward retirement
A reader asks what documents are needed to prove the time acquired while in the armed forces.
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Ask Reg: Can I stay on FEHB self-plus-one if spouse moves to Medicare?
A reader asks when he can shift back to self-only coverage once his spouse moves to Medicare.
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Ask Reg: Social Security says I’m subject to Windfall Elimination. Why?
There have been ongoing attempts in Congress and by financial advocates to repeal the WEP.
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Ask Reg: Does my military buyback count toward my retirement service?
A reader who wants to apply for deferred retirement wonders if their military buyback counts toward their service time.
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Ask Reg: Am I entitled to a FERS payout of my retirement deductions?
Reg the retirement expert offers tips on requesting a retirement refund from OPM.
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Ask Reg: If I go back to work, do I retain my 0.8% pension contribution?
A reader who may return to federal service wonders if they’d now have to pay into their pension at a higher rate.
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Ask Reg: What’s in it for me to get the FERS supplement?
Federal annuitants can receive the FERS special retirement supplement until age 62.
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Ask Reg: How does a mid-year pay increase affect my High Three?
A reader wonders how a salary raise increasing base pay would impact their retirement calculation.
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Ask Reg: Can I negotiate my federal salary offer?
Departments and agencies vary in the latitude they give their supervisors and managers to vary the step they offer to a prospective employee.
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Ask Reg: How long does it take to be vested for federal pension?
A reader asks if their military service counts toward their retirement eligibility.
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Ask Reg: The process for counting active duty time toward retirement
A reader asks what documents are needed to prove the time acquired while in the armed forces.
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Ask Reg: Can I stay on FEHB self-plus-one if spouse moves to Medicare?
A reader asks when he can shift back to self-only coverage once his spouse moves to Medicare.
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Ask Reg: Social Security says I’m subject to Windfall Elimination. Why?
There have been ongoing attempts in Congress and by financial advocates to repeal the WEP.
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Ask Reg: Does my military buyback count toward my retirement service?
A reader who wants to apply for deferred retirement wonders if their military buyback counts toward their service time.
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Ask Reg: Am I entitled to a FERS payout of my retirement deductions?
Reg the retirement expert offers tips on requesting a retirement refund from OPM.
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Ask Reg: If I go back to work, do I retain my 0.8% pension contribution?
A reader who may return to federal service wonders if they’d now have to pay into their pension at a higher rate.
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Ask Reg: What’s in it for me to get the FERS supplement?
Federal annuitants can receive the FERS special retirement supplement until age 62.
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Ask Reg: How does a mid-year pay increase affect my High Three?
A reader wonders how a salary raise increasing base pay would impact their retirement calculation.
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Ask Reg: Can I negotiate my federal salary offer?
Departments and agencies vary in the latitude they give their supervisors and managers to vary the step they offer to a prospective employee.
-
Ask Reg: How long does it take to be vested for federal pension?
A reader asks if their military service counts toward their retirement eligibility.
-
Ask Reg: The process for counting active duty time toward retirement
A reader asks what documents are needed to prove the time acquired while in the armed forces.
-
Ask Reg: Can I stay on FEHB self-plus-one if spouse moves to Medicare?
A reader asks when he can shift back to self-only coverage once his spouse moves to Medicare.
-
Ask Reg: Social Security says I’m subject to Windfall Elimination. Why?
There have been ongoing attempts in Congress and by financial advocates to repeal the WEP.
-
Ask Reg: Does my military buyback count toward my retirement service?
A reader who wants to apply for deferred retirement wonders if their military buyback counts toward their service time.
-
Ask Reg: Am I entitled to a FERS payout of my retirement deductions?
Reg the retirement expert offers tips on requesting a retirement refund from OPM.
-
Ask Reg: If I go back to work, do I retain my 0.8% pension contribution?
A reader who may return to federal service wonders if they’d now have to pay into their pension at a higher rate.
-
Ask Reg: What’s in it for me to get the FERS supplement?
Federal annuitants can receive the FERS special retirement supplement until age 62.
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Ask Reg: How does a mid-year pay increase affect my High Three?
A reader wonders how a salary raise increasing base pay would impact their retirement calculation.
