OPM moves to implement long-awaited retirement fix for federal first responders
The Office of Personnel Management this week is proposing new rules to implement a 2022 law aimed at fixing a flaw in the retirement benefits program for federal first responders who are injured on the job. Catherine Ivill - AMA/Getty Images
July 21, 2026 05:27 PM ET
The First Responders Fair RETIRE Act, which ensures federal workers can stay on accelerated mandatory retirement schedules even if they transfer to another due to injury, was signed into law in 2022.
The Office of Personnel Management is set to propose new rules this week implementing a 2022 law aimed at reforming retirement benefits for federal first responders who are injured during their service and forced to pursue jobs elsewhere in government.
Federal workers in professions like law enforcement and firefighting participate in the federal government’s defined benefit retirement program on an accelerated basis—in exchange for paying more toward their pensions each...
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