There are several threshold requirements for any such payments. You must have had 18 months of creditable civilian service and (except in cases of accidental death) your surviving spouse must have been married to you for at least nine months at the time of death, or be a parent of a child of the marriage.
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If you leave federal service before being eligible for retirement and leave the money you contributed toward FERS in the retirement fund, you will be eligible for an annuity that starts at age 62 if you had at least five years of creditable civilian service, at age 60 with at least 20 years of service, at the minimum retirement age with 30 years of service, or at the MRA with at least 10 but fewer than 30 years of service (but with the annuity reduced by 5 percent for each year of age, 5/12 percent per month, that you are under age 62 when you begin the benefit). Unused sick leave is not credited in the calculation of a deferred benefit.
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Generally, it wouldn’t. Since both the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees Retirement System allow for credit of up to six months of nonpay status in a calendar year, furlough days generally will count toward the total amount of creditable service.
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