Impact on Benefits:
When on a Part-Time Schedule
Health Benefits
The coverage provided is the same as a full-time employee but the cost to a part-time employee would increase since the Government contribution to health insurance premiums is prorated according to the number of hours in the tour of duty during the pay period.
Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (FEGLI)
The actual amount of insurance for which an employee is eligible is based on prorated annual salary. The minimum basic insurance amount (BIA) is $10,000. The maximum BIA is the actual rate of annual basic pay payable at Level II of the Executive Schedule, rounded up to the next 1,000 and add 2,000.
Initial Appointment Probationary Period, Supervisory/Managerial Probationary Period
No effect
Career Tenure
No effect
Leave
A regularly scheduled part-time employee with less than 3 years of service earns 1 hour of annual leave for each 20 hours in a pay status. With 3 but less than 15 years of service, the employee earns 1 hour of annual leave for each 13 hours in a pay status; with 15 or more years of service, 1 hour for each 10 hours in a pay status. Maximum carry over at the end of the leave year is the same as for a full-time employee.
Sick leave accrues at the rate of 1 hour for each 20 hour in a pay status. A part-time employee is not entitled to a holiday which falls outside the tour of duty.
Service Computation Dates
No effect
General Schedule Within-Grade Increases (WGI)
No effect
Federal Wage System Within-Grade Increases (WGI)
No effect
Merit Pay (GM) Increases
No effect
Retirement Annuity
The retirement annuity for part-time employment is reduced. Retirement annuities are based on an employee's length of service and the highest annual basic pay received during a base period (currently 3 consecutive years). The actual annuity is reduced proportionally for the periods of part-time service.
CSRS: Any part-time service performed after April 7, 1986, will be prorated, based on actual time worked for use in the annuity computation. For service credit, part-time service is creditable to the same extent as full-time service. Any part-time service performed before April 7, 1986, generally has no affect on the employee's annuity computation.
FERS: All periods of service are used in determining the FERS proration factor, including service before April 7, 1986, and all full-time service performed. The date, April 7, 1986, has no significance for the part-time annuity computation.
