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5 CFR 839.501: What can I elect if my employer moved me out of CSRS or CSRS Offset?
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 5—Administrative Personnel
- CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
- SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS
- PART 839—CORRECTION OF RETIREMENT COVERAGE ERRORS UNDER THE FEDERAL ERRONEOUS RETIREMENT COVERAGE CORRECTIONS ACT
- Subpart E—Retirement Coverage Elections for Errors That Were Previously Corrected
If you were moved out of CSRS or CSRS Offset due to a qualifying retirement coverage error and were placed in FERS, you may elect CSRS Offset or remain in FERS. If you were moved out of CSRS or CSRS Offset due to a qualifying retirement coverage error and were placed in Social Security-Only, you may elect CSRS Offset or remain in Social Security-Only. This is summarized in the following chart:
You were in: And your coverage was previously corrected to: You may elect:
CSRS FERS CSRS Offset or FERS.
CSRS Offset FERS
CSRS Social Security-Only CSRS Offset or Social Security-Only.
CSRS Offset Social Security-Only.
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