The Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) provides retirement and disability benefits to eligible workers. If you become disabled, you may be eligible to receive FERS disability retirement ...

FCW.com's Ask Milt column explains some of the pitfalls to be aware of when applying for disability benefits under FERS I was wondering if you could better explain the disability coverage available to ...

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

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, ...

For some feds, federal disability can pay more each month than regular retirement benefits. For others, though, taking regular retirement pay is a better choice. A new report finds it’s often hard to ...

First, OPM shouldn’t have offered you a choice between disability and optional retirement. You would only be eligible for an optional retirement. That’s because disability retirements are ...

SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Government Personnel Mutual Life Insurance Company (“GPM Life”) is pleased to introduce its new disability income product, GovDI*. Designed to meet the specific needs of ...

When you reach age 62, your FERS disability benefit will be recomputed. An artificial retirement benefit will be calculated as if you had worked to age 62. Actual service will be added to the time you ...

The federal government now boasts more workers with disabilities than at any time in the past two decades, the Office of Personnel Management announced Wednesday. Executive branch agencies employed ...