Federal employees have a number of things to mark on their calendar. Many Federal employees will be retiring by this year’s end or early next year. For these employees, reviewing of the Official Personnel Folder should have been done. The folder which is now electronic in most agencies is a record of an employee work history. The folder shows health care coverage and changes in coverage, life insurance options, service computation dates, positions, titles, series and grades held by the employee and many other demographics.
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Personnel folders need to be purged for non-permanent materials. One thing employees should be aware of is infractions and how long certain infractions can remain in your folder. If you don’t know, then you can say what is appropriate and what is not. Many employees may not have infractions, but need to be astutely aware of leave records and proper accrual rates, salary increases and when they occurred , in addition to your benefits profile.
There are many things that should be marked on your calendar that are important to staying on contract during your active employment years and during retirement. In the next article we will list some of the items that should be marked on your calendar annually.
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Dianna Tafazoli
