Firefighters
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
