NASA Procedural Requirements

NPR 3831.1 Effective Date: October 11, 2016 Expiration Date: December 11, 2028

Subject: Phased Retirement (Revalidated with Change 1)

Responsible Office: Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer

Appendix A. Definitions

Days. Means calendar days.

Full Retirement. The status of a phased retiree who has ceased employment and is entitled, upon application, to a composite retirement annuity under the CSRS or FERS.

Mentoring. Activities that transfer the knowledge of the employee in phased retirement to others. This may include, but is not limited to: direct mentoring of employee's successor or less experienced staff members; developing/conducting training; and developing operating procedures, policies, and guides.

Merit Systems Protection Board. The Merit Systems Protection Board is an independent, quasi-judicial agency in the Executive branch that serves as the guardian of Federal merit systems. The Board was established by Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1978, which was codified by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (CSRA), Public Law No. 95-454. The mission of the MSPB is to, "Protect the Merit System Principles and promote an effective Federal workforce free of Prohibited Personnel Practices."

Phased Employment. The less-than-full-time employment of a phased retiree.

Phased Retiree. A retirement eligible employee who, with the concurrence of an authorized approving official, enters phased retirement status.

Phased Retirement. A human resource workforce planning tool that allows eligible and approved individuals to continue to work part time and receive a portion of their retirement annuity for a specified period of time.

Regular Employment. The status of an employee who does not end the period of phased retirement by entering full retirement, but who returns to work status.

Work Schedule. For the purposes of the phased retirement period, the part time work schedule established by regulation (5 CFR § 831.1712 ) is one-half the number of hours the phased retiree would have worked if the employee had remained in a full time work schedule and had not elected phased retirement, which is 40 hours per pay period.

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