This 2-day workshop focuses on the Civil Service Retirement System including special retirement coverage groups (Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters, Air Traffic Controllers, and National Guard Reserve Technicians).

This workshop is designed to equip personnelists and administrative specialist who answer employees' questions with the tools to provide answers knowledgeably. Attendees will learn:

• CSRS Retirement Benefits
  When Benefits Are Payable
  How They Are Computed
  Items That May Affect Retirement Benefits
  
  
• CSRS Disability Benefits
  Definition of Disability
  How the Benefits Are Computed
  Income Limitations While Receiving Benefits
  
  
• CSRS Survivors Benefits
  Computation If Employee Dies While Employed
  Surviving Spouse
  Surviving Children
  Surviving Former Spouse
  
  Election of Surviving Spouse or Former Spouse Benefit at Time of Retirement
  Benefits Payable to Eligible Surviving Children after Death of a Retiree
  Election of an Insurable Interest Survivor Annuity
  Events Which Would Cause Survivor’s Benefits to End
  
  
• Social Security Rules as They Impact CSRS Employees
  Windfall Elimination Provision
  Government Pension Offset
  
  
• Thrift Savings Plan
  Participation Rules
  Forms
  Investment Considerations
  Withdrawal Options
  
  
• Reemployed Annuitants
  Types of Appointments and Implications of Each
  Offset of Salary by Pension
  Waiver of Pension in Certain Circumstances
  Retirement Options After a Period of Reemployment