Civil Service Retirement System Workshop

Cost: $690

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 ComputedItems That May Affect Retirement Benefits
• CSRS Disability Benefits Definition of Disability How the Benefits Are ComputedIncome Limitations While Receiving Benefits
• CSRS Survivors Benefits Computation If Employee Dies While Employed Surviving Spouse Surviving ChildrenSurviving Former SpouseElection of Surviving Spouse or Former Spouse Benefit at Time of RetirementBenefits 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 FormsInvestment ConsiderationsWithdrawal Options
• Reemployed Annuitants Types of Appointments and Implications of Each Offset of Salary by PensionWaiver of Pension in Certain CircumstancesRetirement Options After a Period of Reemployment