# 5 CFR § 550.708: Creditable service

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-5-550.708

## Section

- **Citation:** 5 CFR § 550.708
- **Heading:** Creditable service
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 5—Administrative Personnel > CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT > SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS > PART 550—PAY ADMINISTRATION (GENERAL) > Subpart G—Severance Pay

## Text

The following types of service are creditable for computing an employee's severance pay under § 550.707:
(a) Civilian service as an employee (as defined in 5 U.S.C. 2105), excluding time during a period of nonpay status that is not creditable for annual leave accrual purposes under 5 U.S.C. 6303(a);
(b) Service performed with the United States Postal Service or the Postal Rate Commission;
(c) Military service, including active or inactive training with the National Guard, when performed by an employee who returns to civilian service through the exercise of a restoration right provided by law, Executive order, or regulation;
(d) Service performed by an employee of a nonappropriated fund instrumentality of the Department of Defense or the Coast Guard, as defined in 5 U.S.C. 2105(c), who moves to a position within the civil service employment system of the Department of Defense or the Coast Guard, respectively, without a break in service of more than 3 days; and
(e) Service performed with the government of the District of Columbia by an individual first employed by that government before October 1, 1987, excluding service as a teacher or librarian of the public schools of the District of Columbia.
[55 FR 6593, Feb. 26, 1990, as amended at 57 FR 12405, Apr. 10, 1992; 58 FR 33499, June 18, 1993; 64 FR 69177, Dec. 10, 1999]

## Nearby sections

- [5 CFR § 550.201 § 550.201 Purpose.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-5-550.201.md)
- [5 CFR § 550.202 § 550.202 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-5-550.202.md)
- [5 CFR § 550.203 § 550.203 Advances in pay.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-5-550.203.md)
- [5 CFR § 550.204 § 550.204 Agency procedures.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-5-550.204.md)
- [5 CFR § 550.205 § 550.205 Recovery of advances in pay.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-5-550.205.md)
- [5 CFR § 550.206 § 550.206 Waiver of repayment.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-5-550.206.md)
- [5 CFR § 550.401 § 550.401 Purpose, applicability, authority, and administration.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-5-550.401.md)
- [5 CFR § 550.402 § 550.402 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-5-550.402.md)
- [5 CFR § 550.403 § 550.403 Advance payments; evacuation payments; special allowances.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-5-550.403.md)
- [5 CFR § 550.404 § 550.404 Computation of advance payments and evacuation payments; time periods.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-5-550.404.md)
- [5 CFR § 550.405 § 550.405 Determination of special allowances.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-5-550.405.md)
- [5 CFR § 550.406 § 550.406 Work assignments during evacuation; return to duty.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-5-550.406.md)
- [5 CFR § 550.407 § 550.407 Termination of payments during evacuation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-5-550.407.md)
- [5 CFR § 550.408 § 550.408 Review of accounts; service credit.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-5-550.408.md)

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