Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS)

Will Social Security Affect Your Federal Pension?

Federal Employees Retirement System Pensions under FERS are not reduced when a FERS retiree begins to collect Social Security.  However, if you are a FERS Transferee, please continue reading some of the information below regarding the [...]

What is CSRS Offset?

Why Do We Have CSRS Offset Employees? CSRS Offset coverage was effectively introduced in 1987 (the same time that FERS was effectively introduced).  FERS and CSRS Offset coverage exists today primarily because of some Social Security [...]

Are You in the Correct Retirement System?

The rules that govern which retirement system you should be covered under are complicated and there have been many coverage errors made by agencies, especially since the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) was introduced in 1987. [...]