5 CFR § 848.204 - Effective date of phased employment and phased retirement annuity commencing date.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s848.204"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 848.204 - Effective date of phased employment and phased retirement annuity commencing date."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "848.204"
section_name: "Effective date of phased employment and phased retirement annuity commencing date."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "848"
part_name: "PHASED RETIREMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 8461; 5 U.S.C. 8412a."
regulatory_source: "79 FR 46632, Aug. 8, 2014, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "848"
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# 848.204 Effective date of phased employment and phased retirement annuity commencing date.
(a) Phased employment is effective the first day of the first pay period beginning after phased employment is approved by an authorized agency official under § 848.203(a), or the first day of a later pay period specified by the employee with the authorized agency official's concurrence.
(b) The commencing date of a phased retirement annuity (i.e., the beginning date of the phased retirement period) is the first day of the first pay period beginning after phased employment is approved by an authorized agency official under § 848.203(a), or the first day of a later pay period specified by the employee with the authorized agency official's concurrence.