No Comments on Lawmaker to Introduce Bill to Pay FERS Employees For Unused Sick Leave

usmc on Fri, 2nd Nov 2007 7:41 am


how about 50%?that will still save ton of money.after all, it’s a part of benefit and we all earn it.

btdt on Sat, 3rd Nov 2007 1:26 pm


I agree FERS employees should get some kind of incentive for SAVING sick leave. As they know now they will lose any they have upon retirement, many use it as fast as they get it and i have seen numerous people with no sick leave when they do need it for surgery or illness, BESIDES the lack of productivity as you can count on them calling in sick at least once a month or 2 or 3 days together every couple months, OR getting fmla and calling in even more.
FMLA is a joke.

TnT on Thu, 13th Dec 2007 3:05 pm


While this is a good start 10% of the amount over 500 hours is not worth it. I would go along with 50% of the total amount you have accumulated at retirement.

lindseykerns on Thu, 3rd Jan 2008 2:12 pm


i would go along with 50% of the total amount accumulated at time of retirement.
after all we should get some reward for not calling in sick all the time.

Leo on Thu, 7th Feb 2008 4:35 am


Hell, I went hell to accumulate it, I want 100%

D.R. Saenz on Thu, 3rd Apr 2008 6:26 pm


I would go along with 50% of the total amount accumulated at time of retirement but would prefer 100%. I have accumalated 1700 hrs sick leave in 20 years service. Luckily I didn’t have any long-term illnesses and I take only the time needed for dental exams, minor surgeries, etc. I and many others consider it extremely unethical to abuse any part of this entitlement. Some reward for this effort is certainly warranted.

Nixie Clerk on Thu, 5th Jun 2008 4:42 pm


Why doesn’t the Postal Service offer a long and short term disability program?

Baxter on Thu, 31st Jul 2008 10:38 am


We are entitled to 100 percent just like any
CSRS employee. Some of these employees were the ones that harassed us when we used ours. As said
before it is a benefit, just like annual leave
so we should get any unused leave as all of us
get unused annual leave. The Bank Your Sick Leave
is targeted for FERS employees. You never heard
that years ago when CSRS employee’s neared retirement

Thinker on Tue, 3rd Feb 2009 10:44 am


Welcome to Pottersville, Its A Wonderful Life. Why don’t you offer Fers employees incentive to leave. We cant touch our thrift, without penality, because most of us are under the age of 56, we cant get a Social Security supplement for the same reason. You are offering us 1000 a month average. Lets do some deductions, tax, health care, surviveship bennifits, that should leave us with a total of 350 to 400 a month to pay bills and live on, wait thats this year, with expected rise in health care cost next year might be 250-300 a month, wait what about the following year 150-200, lets look 5 years down the line, oh I get it we will be paying the Postal service 200 a month to cover health care, total five years from now -200. Of course we all can refiance our homes with CountryWide and since we work for you, Mr. Potter, perhaps we can get some points shaved off the loan, you would put in the good word for us won’t you? P.S.: Have u ever told Senate, Congress or the American People while it is true that mail volume is decreasing, more then a great part of our upcoming 6 billion dollar loss is equipment purchases, DPS Flat Sorters and service contracts.