Foreign Duty Assignments
03-24-2018, 01:06 PM
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Foreign Duty Assignments
I was reading the FedEx contract, and it looks like the maximum one can be on a FDA is just under 5 years. Is this the maximum the company can require you be there, or can one volunteer to stay longer if they like it?
03-24-2018, 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Check6Viper
You can stay as long as you want in Hong Kong.
You have to leave Germany before your 5 year mark, but my understanding is that you can move back again after a certain amount of time.
You have to leave Germany before your 5 year mark, but my understanding is that you can move back again after a certain amount of time.
03-24-2018, 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Check6Viper
You can stay as long as you want in Hong Kong.
You have to leave Germany before your 5 year mark, but my understanding is that you can move back again after a certain amount of time.
You have to leave Germany before your 5 year mark, but my understanding is that you can move back again after a certain amount of time.
You don't have to leave Germany after 5 years (4 years, 11 months), but you can't be based there. We have pilots who have dual US-EU citizenship, or are married to EU citizens. They don't have to leave Germany, since they have a right to live there through their own or spouses' citizenship rights. They do have to bid out of the base and commute for a year before they can bid back to the EUR FDA. They will also lose the housing allowance, education money, etc. for that year. I know it's a small percentage of people that this may apply to, but there are a few over there that are doing just that.
04-01-2018, 07:52 AM
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I "think" I remember that after 5 years FedEx would be required to pay into the German retirement system? So ... you get to move back to the states after 4 years and 11 months.
There is no such restriction on HKG.
There is no such restriction on HKG.
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