The Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) is a three-tiered system that includes: Social Security Basic Benefit Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) You are under FERS if: FERS | Office of Human Resources Skip to main content The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is the largest federal employee union representing 700,000 federal and D.C. government workers nationwide and overseas. FedSmith requires attribution for any use of articles or information, including use of data from the individual federal employee salary database, from this site that is published in any form. For additional details, see the About FedsDataCenter.com page. The CSRS and FERS handbook for personnel and payroll offices : operating manual (SuDoc PM 1.14/3-2:C 49/UPDATE 14) [U.S. Office of Personnel Management] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. A bureau HR specialist or post management officer should refer to the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Handbook, which can be found on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management 's website, when advising employees regarding FEHB program benefits. 3 FAM 3613.5 Payroll Office (CT:PER-895; 01-12-2018) (State only) Special arrangements may be made to pick up a check after 10:00 a.m. on the paydays from the Accounting front desk by contacting the Payroll Office. If the payroll check is lost or misplaced after the employee has received it and a new check must be issued, the stop payment charge of $10 will be passed along to the employee. FEHB Processing Guidance. Federal Employee Life Insurance Thrift Savings Plan Cancellations Effective after NFC becomes the payroll office. Example: Employee Enrolled in Self Only FEHB and Qualifying Life Event (QLE) effective 10/21/2005 allowed change to Family FEHB. Employee submitted In addition to the policies contained in this handbook, every OCFO employee has a duty to comply with all applicable Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Federal laws, rules and regulations. This handbook is effective as of October 1, 2010, and supersedes any and all prior OCFO policies, procedures and employee handbooks. The Employee Handbook is available electronically on the Personnel Cabinet's website. If another format is needed (such as braille or large format), a request may be submitted to the Department of Human Resources Administration, through your agency's human resource administrator. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has Governmentwide responsibility and oversight for Federal benefits administration. This page provides a list of the headquarters level agency Benefits Officers who are designated to advise their Federal agency departments and employees about various aspects of program administration.