Who is covered by the new CBPO Retirement Coverage?
A. Two categories of employees are covered: “Primary” CBPOs and “Secondary” CBPOs. PRIMARY CBPOs are defined as: • An employee in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) who holds a position within the CBPO, GS-1895 job series, and • Whose duties include activities relating to the arrival and departure of persons, conveyances and merchandise at ports of entry (POE). SECONDARY CBPOs are defined as: • An employee who is transferred directly from a primary position to a supervisory, managerial or administrative position in DHS after performing work in primary positions for at least 3 years. • The primary position may have been a CBPO, Immigration Inspector (GS-1816), or Customs Inspector (GS-1890) whose duties included activities related to the arrival and departure of persons, conveyance and merchandise at a POE. • Employee must have moved from the ‘primary’ CBPO position to the ‘secondary’ CBPO position and continued in that or other ‘secondary’ CBPO position(s) without a break in ser
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