Pay Issues
Win In Stateside Debt Collection Case Bolsters Call for Smart LES
October 27th, 2023 An arbitrator ruling upholding the rights of several members in FEA’s-Stateside Region whose wages were garnished also calls for implementing something similar to the “Smart LES” FEA has long championed to help employees better understand their pay and alleged debts In a big win, an arbitrator ruled that several DoDEA employees in… Read More
OVERSEAS RETRO PAY INCLUDED IN LATEST LES
The retroactive pay adjustment owed to Overseas educators thanks to FEA legal action should be included in their new LES for the pay period ending June 17. The salary adjustment is paid to Overseas educators near the end of each school year to bring their total pay for the year up to date. Overseas salary… Read More
DEBT ISSUES AND END-OF-YEAR NEWS
MANAGEMENT INFO ON DEBTS LEAVES OUT IMPORTANT FACTS FEA members are urged to use the information provided by the Association when you experience a debt claim against you, rather than relying upon the incomplete information DoDEA recently put out on DoDEA Connects about the debt waiver request process. The information posted by DoDEA omits important… Read More
Big Salary Gains Under New 22-23 Overseas Schedules
April 14, 2023 Classroom teacher pay in DoDEA’s Overseas schools will increase an average of 5.27 percent under School Year 2022-2023 salary schedules that were finalized this week. The increase more than doubles the average raise for teachers last year and is higher than any salary boost teachers have received in the past 25 years.… Read More
DODEA STATES NO RECENT ALLEGED DEBTS ARE DUE TO FEGLI MISCALCULATIONS, JUST RETIREMENT
Earlier this month DoDEA stated many educators were issued alleged debt letters after a programming error within the Defense Civilian Payroll System (DCPS) led to either miscalculations for employee Retirement contributions or Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) contributions. DoDEA now claims the FEGLI alleged debt letters were in error and there are no FEGLI… Read More
Key Information on DoDEA’s Miscalculation of Employee Retirement Contributions
Earlier this week DoDEA was informed there was a programming error found within the Defense Civilian Payroll System (DCPS) when retroactive payroll corrections were processed for a prior year. Due to this error, the retirement contributions (from employees and employer) were miscalculated for some employees across all DoD Agencies and Activities. DoDEA later informed some… Read More
DoDEA Post on Miscalculation of Retirement Contributions
The following information regarding miscalcuation of retirement contributions was recently posted by DoDEA: DoDEA was just informed that there was a programming error found within the Defense Civilian Payroll System (DCPS) when retroactive payroll corrections were processed for a prior year. Due to this error, the retirement contributions (employee and employer) were miscalculated for some… Read More
RETRO PAY ISSUES FOR SOME OVERSEAS EDUCATORS
Several members have identified issues in the retro-pay due Overseas educators whose pay has been increased under the new Overseas salary schedules. DoDEA has acknowledge some problems with the retro pay, but at this point they believe they are limited in scope. Not all educators have reported a problem. If your retro pay appears to… Read More
DoDEA SIGNALS INTENT TO COMPLY WITH SMART LES RULING
April 26, 2022 FEA members in the Overseas unit may have recently noticed something new hanging up on their school bulletin boards – a notice signed by the DoDEA Director, indicating that the Agency will comply with an arbitrator’s decision requiring them to implement better and clearer pay information with Leave and Earnings Statements (LESs).… Read More
FEA ASSISTS MEMBER IN RECEIVING THOUSANDS IN RETROACTIVE PAY FOR GRADUATE CREDITS
FEA was instrumental in helping Retired Member Thomas Goode recently receive credit for his previous graduate studies and the retroactive pay that should have come years earlier due to his delayed Academic Salary Lane change. Mr. Goode, who retired in 2019, explained how FEA assisted: “My case was about 15 graduate hours I had earned… Read More