This would add 2/12 of 1 percent of $50,000 to your FERS retirement benefit, or $83 a year. ... You must convert the leftover days back to hours using the sick leave conversion chart.

So I'm focusing on credit for sick leave, which (in general) CSRS retirees get and Federal Employees Retirement System retirees don't. But even if you're in FERS, you should read on for more ...

I am a Federal Employee Retirement System worker who converted from the Civil Service Retirement System. Under FERS, the only sick leave that I can convert for retirement is 100 hours that I built ...

A majority of federal employees would be able to cash out part of their unused sick leave at retirement under a bill introduced yesterday by Rep. James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.).

Konrad Motyka, President of the FBI Agents Association (FBIAA), offered the following statement on President Obama's signing of H.R. 2647 into law: ...