retirement claims

The Office of Personnel Management’s latest report of retirement claims may not be a reliable picture of the coronavirus’ impact on the federal workforce size to date but compared to 2019 the numbers are significantly down.

After a sharp rise in the federal retirement processing backlog in January, the numbers dropped last month — but still about equal to 2019 levels.

Starting in the mid-1990s various experts looked at the aging federal workforce and concluded that the end, for many of them, was near.

Just like the year before, December saw a drop in the number of federal retirement claims received by the Office of Personnel Management compared to the previous month.

The Office of Personnel Management in October received the lowest number of retirement claims in a month since April, but the agency’s claims backlog grew for the first time since June.

The Office of Personnel Management reported fewer retirement claims received last month, as well as fewer processed, compared to the month prior.

The Office of Personnel Management continued to make slight progress on reducing its backlog of retirement claims in August.

Recent Office of Personnel Management retirement numbers show less claims in July, an increase in claims processed and a decrease in processing time.

While April and May produced record low numbers, June took a different turn as OPM received more retirement claims with less being processed.

The number of federal employees submitting retirement claims in March is holding steady from February, according to an update released by the Office of Personnel Management. Meanwhile, OPM increased the number of claims it was able to process last month, leading to a decrease in the backlog.