The LEC Pay Bureau is part of LEC Support Services and is situated within the Headquarters in Mönchengladbach.

The term LEC refers to Locally Employed Civilians. LEC can be broken down into two main types. The first type are Dependants (DEP) who are spouses and children of Serving Personnel or United Kingdom Based Civilians. The second type are Directly Employed Labour (DEL) who work on the German economy for the British Forces. The LEC Pay Bureau is responsible for the capture of pay related data from Garrison Labour Support Units as well as British Forces Units, Departments employing LEC. This also includes pay for Services Children's Schools.

The Pay Bureau works closely with the German Office for Defence Costs (Lohnstelle) which is itself part of the German Finance Ministry.

Dependant Pay is calculated in its entirety by the LEC Pay Bureau. National Insurance only is deducted where pay reaches or exceeds the Lower Earnings Limit. Please note that the Lower Earnings Limit as well as other UK related rates such as Statutory Sick and Statutory Maternity Pay may vary as the Euro rates paid here in Germany are based on the General Accounting Rate. You can view the current rates by clicking the information button "About National Insurance" on this page.

You can download the travel claim forms on this page, complete them on screen and then print them out. Once you have signed a travel claim hand it to your line manager who will countersign it and have it forwarded to your local GLSU in the case of DEL working in Direct Reporting Units.

Please note that travel claims for DEL in Non-Direct Reporting Units are to be forwarded to the LEC Pay Bureau once they have been authorised by Line Management.

All Dependant travel claims are to be forwarded to the LEC Pay Bureau once authorised by Line Management.

Remember that travel claims must be submitted within three months after the duty has been performed!