Processing Retirement Documents (RETIRE)

Types of Retirement

Employees who meet the age and service requirements are eligible to retire.

The various types of retirement are categorized as follows:

• Age (Mandatory) - Age requirements, law enforcement officers, and firefighters
• Optional - Including FERS with minimum retirement age (MRA)
• Early Optional - Reduction-in-Force, reorganization, transfer of function
• Discontinued Service - Involuntary separation
• Disability - Preliminary, final

  Note: For information about a death claim package for survivor benefits, see the SPPS Web Web-based Special Payroll Processing System procedure manual which is available online at the National Finance Center (NFC National Finance Center) Web site. To view and/or print this procedure, select HR and PayrollClient from the My NFC drop-down menu on the NFC homepage. At the HR and Payroll Client page, select the Publications tab in the center ribbon and from there select the Manual Pay Processing publication category to access the SPPS Web procedure manual.