DODD 1416.08-M

Abstract

<u>PURPOSE</u>. This manual reissues DoD Manual 1416.8-M (Reference (a)) in accordance with the authority in DoD Directive 5124.02 (Reference (b)); DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 1251 (Reference (c)); and section 3968 of Title 22, United States Code (U.S.C.) (Reference (d)) to prescribe procedures and instructions on DoD compensation administration for foreign national employees in foreign areas. <br><u>APPLICABILITY</u>. This manual: <br>a. Applies to OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the combatant commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the DoD (referred to collectively in this manual as the "DoD Components"). <br>b. Does <strong>not</strong> apply to: <br>(1) DoD Components that have established activities under Chief of Mission authority at diplomatic missions with human resource support provided to the DoD by the Department of State (DOS). Instead, a DoD and DOS Memorandum of Agreement (Reference (e)) and chapter 200 of the U.S. Department of State Foreign Affairs Handbook (Reference (f)) applies. <br>(2) Indirect hire systems where the U.S. forces, by agreement, use host government compensation systems, and the U.S. forces do not retain pay fixing authority, except that the total compensation comparability (TCC) provisions (see Enclosure 9) apply in all cases.