National Finance Center

My Employee Personal Page

Providing employees self-service access to their personal information and the ability to view and make changes to their salary and benefit information without having to submit changes requests to their Agency personnel office.

Corrected W2s (W2Cs) Available!

NFC identified an error affecting the reporting of non taxable overtime in Box 14 (OT Wages) on 2025 IRS Form W-2s, where Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) earnings (transaction code 34) were not originally included in the overtime calculation. Employees who received FLSA pay in 2025 have been issued a corrected W-2 (W-2c) that reflects the updated Box 14 amount. No other W-2 fields were impacted. As of March 23, 2026, W-2cs are available EPP and the Reporting Center.

Navigate Your Retirement with Confidence: Know the Steps, Ask the Right Questions

Many times the National Finance Center receives inquiries about delayed retirement processing. As your payroll provider, NFC is the final step before getting retirement packages to OPM so that you can begin the next phase of life – Retirement. We understand the importance of this task, and we take great care to ensure that complete packages received are processed as quickly as possible.

Many of these inquiries are framed as NFC-caused delays when in most cases, NFC has indeed received the package but cannot complete processing because actions are still outstanding or data in the package is in conflict with the database of record – NFC’s Payroll/Personnel System (PPS).

Receiving the retirement package is just one step. NFC cannot begin the processing of that package until the Separation action and Final T&A have been received. If you are experiencing a delay in your retirement processing, take a few moments to review the information below. Once you know the process and steps, you will know the right questions to ask.

Navigating Your Retirement: Know the Signs

As depicted in the workflow below, NFC will process your final lump sum payments once we receive your separation action and final T&A. If you have not received these, this is a good indicator that we may be waiting on additional information or actions before we can begin processing your retirement package. If this is the case, it is time to ask your Agency Human Resources staff some questions.

Ask Your Agency

  1. When was my retirement package submitted to NFC?
  2. Has my Separation action been processed? If so, what is the date the separation action was submitted to NFC?
  3. Has my final time and attendance record been submitted to NFC with the final flag indicator set to yes? If so, what is the date that timecard was sent to NFC?

NFC’s customer Agencies have access to NFC’s Retirement Tracking System (RETM) to track packages through NFC processing.

Navigating Your Retirement: Know the Steps

Employee

Employee Completes Retirement Package

For the first step in the retirement package process, the employee must complete their retirement package in the Online Retirement Application (ORA). Once completed, the retirement package will then be sent to the employee's HR office.


Agency

Agency Certifies Retirement Package

Once the employee's Agency receives their retirement package in ORA, the Agency will then begin the process of validating the employee's package and then certifying the information. Once completed, the package will be sent back to the employee for final certification.


Employee

Employee Certifies Retirement Package

Now that the Agency has certified the employee's retirement package, the package is sent back to the employee for final certification. The employee should use this time to ensure all information is accurate to their knowledge.


Agency

Agency Submits Retirement Package to NFC

After the Agency and employee have both certified the retirement package in ORA, the Agency will then submit the retirement package to the National Finance Center (NFC) via ORA for processing. Submitting the retirement package to NFC is just one step in the process. Until the Agency processes the employee's separation action in the Human Resources (HR) system and submits that action to NFC, NFC cannot process the retirement. Additionally, the Agency must submit the employee's final time and attendance record to NFC with the Final T&A indicator to complete the process. Stop! You must ensure that your retirement package, final T&A with final flag indicator, and your separation action have all been submitted by your Agency BEFORE NFC can begin processing your retirement.


NFC

NFC Processes Retirement Package

Once NFC receives the employee's retirement package in ORA, the employee's final T&A record with the final flag indicator, and the employee's separation action - NFC can begin processing the employee's retirement. Once all three items have been verified and processed, NFC then submits the retirement package to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for final processing.


OPM

OPM Processes Retirement Package

The final step in the retirement process is when OPM receives the final retirement package from NFC.