On Wednesday, federal retirees who retired under the Civil Service Retirement System, current CSRS employees and a multitude of other state and local public service employees who receive pensions from ...

Determining whether a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) retiree can collect spousal Social Security benefits isn't always easy. Typically, because those under CSRS do not pay into Social Security ...

As a federal employee enrolled in the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), you will still have paid Medicare taxes. This means you may be eligible for Medicare and Federal Employee Health Benefits ...

It is important to understand a little of the background of CSRS and FERS to realize how the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset cause substantial, and often, unfair ...

Federal employees enrolled in the civil service retirement system (CSRS) may be eligible for Medicare and federal employee health benefits (FEHB) if they paid Medicare taxes. The CSRS is a federal ...

I retired from the federal government 10 years ago under the Civil Service Retirement System program. I applied for my Medicare before the three-month timeframe. I was told that I would not receive ...

There used to be a time in the federal government when employees were covered under the Civil Service Retirement System. Show up to work for several decades and be rewarded with a pension of up to 80% ...

Q. Will a surviving spouse who receives a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) survivor benefit get a reduction in his or her own Social Security payment — not from the deceased spouse’s work. — ...

This is a sponsored column by attorneys John Berry and Kimberly Berry of Berry & Berry, PLLC, an employment and labor law firm located in Northern Virginia that specializes in federal employee, ...