As an employee under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), you

can accrue an unlimited amount of unused sick leave.

If you retire on an immediate annuity or die leaving a widow, widower, or

former spouse entitled to a survivor annuity, your service will be increased by

the days of unused sick leave to your credit under a formal leave system. The

days of unused sick leave that are added are used only in counting your number

of years and months of service for annuity computation purposes. The sick leave

cannot be used in computing your "high-3" average salary or for meeting the

minimum length of service for retirement eligibility.

In general, if your leave system charges 8 hours of sick leave for I day's

absence, 8 hours of unused sick leave constitutes I day of credit. Days are

converted to months and years on the basis of a 2087 hour work year. To compute

the additional credit for sick leave at retirement, add the months and days of

sick leave to the months and days of actual service.

See also:

• How to Convert

  Unused Sick Leave Into Additional Service (includes conversion table and

  instructions)