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Training for HR Specialists
GRB provides a wide range of courses for HR Specialists. Each course provides expert
instruction in the field of Federal employee benefits. All course materials
are included in the cost of the training course.
Live Instructor Lead Courses
Comprehensive Federal Employee Benefits Training
This 5-day course is designed for personnelists new to the employee benefits field
and provides participants with information on how to counsel employees, separating
employees and potential retirees concerning all employee benefits such as CSRS and
FERS benefits, FEHB, FEGLI, Social Security, Medicare, Long Term Care Insurance,
Flexible Spending Accounts and TSP.
Advanced Employee Benefits Training
This 3-day course builds on our Comprehensive Federal Employee Benefits Training
course focusing on more complex situations such as special retirement coverage determinations,
issues unique to military retirees and their spouses, difficult annuity computations
(such as part-time and the annuity supplement) and court orders.
Federal Benefits for Staffing and HR Specialists
This 3-day course is designed to provide information on Coverage Determination and
Federal benefit programs and explains in simple practical terms what Staffing and
Human Resource Specialists should know in order to inform and accurately process
new and current employee actions.
Online On-Demand Courses
Social Security, Medicare, and the FERS Annuity Supplement
This course is designed to provide HR Specialists with a sound understanding of
the Social Security and Medicare programs for Federal employees including information
needed to counsel employees, survivors, as well as how Social Security benefits are calculated.
In addition, the course will provide participants with the information needed to manually
compute and counsel FERS employees and survivors regarding the annuity supplement portion
of their retirement benefits.
Computation of Retirement Benefits for Part-Time Employees
This course provides HR Specialists with detailed information (including manual computations)
on CSRS and FERS retirement computations for employees who have performed part-time service
during their Federal career.
Reemployed Annuitant Determinations
This course provides HR Specialists with detailed information on the benefits reemployed annuitants
are entitled to under CSRS, FERS, TSP, FEHB, and FEGLI. Participants will also learn how to manually
compute a supplemental and redetermined annuity.
Death Benefits
This course provides HR Specialists with detailed information (including manual computations) on
survivor benefits payable to family members in the event of an employee’s or retiree’s death.
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