Phased retirement has been a long time coming, and now that the Office of Personnel Management has announced that it will begin accepting applications from agencies Nov. 6, people have a lot of questions. Some of you have been frustrated by a lack of information from you agencies.
We put together a few Q and As based off your questions, and have added links to relevant stories so you can have everything in one place. For any additional questions about phased retirement, feel free to add them in the comments.
Phased retirement Q and A No. 1
Phased retirement Q and A No. 2 – the Q and A strikes back.
The original release and finalization of phased retirement by OPM
And finally, agencies themselves might not be able to make the Nov. 6 application start date.