Get OPM SF 144 1995-2023

Credit for prior work experience or experience in a uniformed service is granted to the employee upon the effective date of his or her initial appointment to the agency or reappointment after a 90-day break in service.

Creditable service under FERS usually includes Federal service performed before 1989, where an employee's pay is not subject to retirement deductions, such as, service under a temporary appointment, as long as a deposit is paid.

The Statement of Prior Federal Service is used to obtain information about your prior federal and military service that will be used to compute your service computation date. .opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF144.pdf.

Service Computation Date (SCD) There are four types of SCDs: Leave, Retirement, Thrift Savings Plan, and Reduction-In-Force (RIF). The Leave SCD determines whether the employee will earn four, six, or eight hours of annual leave each pay period, and is reflected in block #31 of the Standard Form (SF) 50.

Private records such as a diary, correspondence, copies of in come tax returns, employment applications, credit applications, etc., that mention the Federal employer and the claimed service. Private records must have been made during or shortly after period of service.

An employee with 3 to 15 years of service earns 6 hours each pay period except for the last pay period in the calendar year when 10 hours of annual leave is earned (160 hours per leave year). An employee with 15 years of service or more earns 8 hours each pay period (208 hours per leave year).

Credit for prior work experience or experience in a uniformed service is granted to the employee upon the effective date of his or her initial appointment to the agency or reappointment after a 90-day break in service.

To be creditable for leave accrual purposes, uniformed service must have: (1) ended honorably. That includes: an honorable discharge or a discharge under honorable conditions (general) or transfer to the inactive reserves under honorable conditions. (2) been active duty in a uniformed service.