This course is not scheduled at this time. Please check this website, or contact us, for future dates and locations.

This 2-day course is designed to equip personnelists with the information needed to administer the federal benefits program when employees are in GS-081 Firefighter Positions.

Day 1

• Review of Retirement Eligibility
• Service Computation Dates
  Leave
  Retirement
  Hazardous Duty
  
• Calculation of High-3 Average Salary
• Specific Firefighter Pay Rules
• Deposit/Redeposit/Military Deposit Rules for and Consequences of Not Taking Action
• Credit for Sick Leave (CSRS, Offset, & Transferred) (Firefighter Conversation Rules)
• Lump Sum Annual Leave Payment
• Voluntary Contributions (CSRS & Offset)
• Benefit Formulas
• COLA Rules
• Survivor’s Benefits Death-in-Service
  Not Work-Related
  Work-Related
  
• Survivor’s Benefits Elections at Retirement
  Cost
  Benefit
  Considerations
  
• Firefighter's Death Benefit
• Disability Benefits (Not Work-Related)
• Fitness for Duty
• Worker’s Compensation Benefits
  Rules & Requirements

Day 2

• FEHB
• Flexible Spending Accounts
  Medical
  Dependent Care
  
• Health Savings Accounts
• Federal Employee's Dental and Vision Insurance Program
• Long Term Care Insurance
• FEGLI
• Designation of Beneficiaries
• Thrift Savings Plan
  Withdrawal Options
  Tax Implications
  Penalty if Retiring Before Age 55
  Catch-up Provisions
  
• Social Security Provisions
  Understanding the Personal Earnings Benefit Estimate Statement
  Full Retirement Age
  Quarters of Coverage
  Earnings Test
  WEP (CSRS, Offset, & Transferred)
  GPO (CSRS)
• Annuity Supplement (FERS)
• Rules of Reemployment in Federal Government