5 C.F.R. § 839.411 What can I elect if I was put in FERS by mistake?
Title 5 - Administrative Personnel
If you were placed in FERS due to a qualifying retirement coverage error and you should have been in CSRS, you may elect FERS or CSRS. If you were placed in FERS due to a qualifying retirement coverage error and you should have been in CSRS Offset, you may elect FERS or CSRS Offset. If you were placed in FERS due to a qualifying retirement coverage error and you should have been in Social Security-Only, you may elect FERS or Social Security-Only. This is summarized in the following chart:
Title 5: Administrative Personnel
PART 839—CORRECTION OF RETIREMENT COVERAGE ERRORS UNDER THE FEDERAL ERRONEOUS RETIREMENT COVERAGE CORRECTIONS ACT
Subpart D—Retirement Coverage Elections for Errors That Were Not Previously Corrected
Erroneous FERS
§ 839.411 What can I elect if I was put in FERS by mistake?
------------------------------------------------------------------------ You are in: And you belong in: You may elect:------------------------------------------------------------------------FERS............................ CSRS.............. FERS or CSRS.FERS............................ CSRS Offset....... FERS or CSRS Offset.FERS............................ Social Security- FERS or Social Only. Security-Only.------------------------------------------------------------------------
