Legal Updates

JUNE 12 2012 FEA LEGAL UPDATE

June 12, 2012 Legal Update- Overseas Allowances and Differentials for Domestic Partners of DoDEA Educators and their Dependents/ Shipment of 100 pounds of HHG in conjunction with RAT travel To: FEA Leaders and Educators (For Immediate Distribution) From: H.T. Nguyen, FEA Executive Director/ General Counsel Re: June 12, 2012 Legal Update: Overseas Allowances and Differentials… Read More

JUNE 8 2012 FEA LEGAL UPDATE

June 8, 2012 Legal Update- FEA Legal Victory and several important issues To: FEA Leaders and Educators (For Immediate Distribution) From: H.T. Nguyen, FEA Executive Director/ General Counsel Date: June 8, 2012 Re: June 8, 2012 Legal Update: FEA Legal Victory and several important issues This is to update the FEA bargaining unit on several… Read More

MAY 4, 2012 LEGAL UPDATE: REVISION OF THE DOD INSTRUCTION ON OVERSEAS ALLOWANCES; RETROACTIVE PAYMENT OF GUAM POST DIFFERENTIAL AND OTHER ISSUES

To: FEA Leaders and Educators (For Immediate Distribution) From: H.T. Nguyen, FEA Executive Director/ General Counsel Date: May 4, 2012 Re: May 4, 2012 Legal Update: Revision of the DoD Instruction on Overseas Allowances; Retroactive Payment of Guam Post Differential and Other Issues There have been several recent developments affecting members of the Association's bargaining… Read More

UPDATE ON BENEFITS FOR DOMESTIC PARTNERS

Members have been contacting FEA recently asking about the extension of Federal Benefits to the partners of federal employees. In June of 2010, President Obama signed a "Presidential Memorandum-Extension of Benefits to Same-Sex Domestic Partners of Federal Employees" in which he directed that agencies should immediately "extend benefits to the same-sex domestic partners of Federal… Read More

ENTITLEMENT TO ALL DEPENDENT BENEFITS FOR SAME SEX DOMESTIC PARTNERS

To: FEA Members From: H.T. Nguyen, FEA Executive Director/General Counsel Date: 4/19/11 Re: Entitlement to all dependent benefits for same sex domestic partners A number of FEA members are working to advance their requests to DoDEA to grant them all available dependent benefits based on their domestic partner being their dependent. This is to fill… Read More

FEA LEGAL UPDATE #3 SY 09-10 – FOLLOW UP ON MANAGEMENT ENCROACHMENT INTO EDUCATOR TIME

To: FEA Leaders and Educators (For Immediate Distribution) From: H.T. Nguyen, FEA Executive Director/ General Counsel Date: June 1, 2010 Re: Legal Update #3 SY 2009-2010- Follow-up on Legal Update #2: Management Encroachment into Educators' Time As you may recall, in Legal Update #2 SY 2009-2010 (September 23, 2009), I explained to our DoDDS educators that… Read More

FEA LEGAL UPDATE #4 SY 09-10 – POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES TO TAKING RAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH PCS

To: FEA Leaders and Educators (For Immediate Distribution) From: H.T. Nguyen, FEA Executive Director/ General Counsel Date: June 8, 2010 Re: Legal Update #4 SY 2009-2010- Possible Alternatives to taking RAT in conjunction with PCS This legal update is to explain a potential benefit to DoDDS educators who are simultaneously eligible for RAT and PCS… Read More

LEGAL UPDATE 2 SY 09-10 MANAGEMENT ENCROACHMENT INTO EDUCATORS’ TIME

To: FEA Leaders and Educators From: H.T. Nguyen, FEA Executive Director/ General Counsel Date: September 23, 2009 Re: Legal Update #2 SY 2009-2010- Management Encroachment into Educators' Time As the new school year has started, management has begun to implement a number of changes without bargaining with the Association. In violation of the Negotiated Agreement,… Read More