TITLE 5 - ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL

CHAPTER I - OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

SUBCHAPTER B - CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS

PART 842 - FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM - BASIC ANNUITY

subpart a - COVERAGE

842.103 - General.

To be covered under FERS, an individual must: (a) Be an employee, Member, or specifically covered by another provision of law; (b) Be covered by social security; (c) Have retirement deductions withheld from pay and have agency contributions made; and (d) Be paid based on units of time.

Except as provided in 842.104 and as excluded by 842.105, an employee or Member is covered by FERS.