Pay Issues
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
New Overseas Salary Schedules Released
DoDEA Overseas teachers will receive an average increase of 2.33 percent retroactive to the beginning of SY 21-22. The SY 21-22 Overseas salary schedules were recently completed and can be viewed at https://www.feaonline.org/salary-schedules-for-dodds-overseas/ (member login required). The average rates of increase for other Overseas salary scales are as follows: Speech Pathologists –… Read More
REPORT NON PAYMENT OF SUMMER PAY, EDC/EDA PAY
A number of members in both Overseas and Stateside schools have reported not receiving Summer Pay and/or 2021 EDC/EDA (Extra Duty Contract/Extra Duty Assignment) pay. DoDEA Resource Management has asked FEA to provide them with a list of educators still without payment, so DoDEA can ensure those who are owed pay do receive it. If… Read More
HUGE WIN ON SMART LES
June 30, 2021 FEA members in the Overseas bargaining unit are one big step closer to obtaining much clearer and more detailed explanations of their bi-weekly paychecks through a "Smart LES." The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) was forced recently to reverse its own earlier decision and now uphold the validity of an Unfair Labor… Read More