Common use of Miscellaneous Allowances Clause in Contracts

Miscellaneous Allowances. 23.01 The Employer agrees to pay the applicable hourly rates to employees travelling at the request of the Employer on outside work. The Employer has the exclusive right to select the means of travel. Should the employees be authorized to travel on any public transportation system, the Employer sets the travel time to be paid at the scheduled travel time of such public transportation system, plus an allowance of sixty (60) minutes before departure and sixty (60) minutes after arrival in order to allow for travel from home and to place of accommodation or work, at such outside location. Should the employee be required to depart or arrive via Montreal International Airport in Dorval, the allowance will be increased by a further sixty (60) minutes for such departure or arrival. Should the employee be authorized to use his own vehicle, the Employer sets the allowable travel time in advance. For the purposes of this section, outside work is defined as work performed at a location farther than eighty (80) kilometres from Montreal International Airport in Dorval. Employees are paid for the time spent on travel after regular work hours or on Saturdays, Sundays or statutory holidays, when such travel is required in order to attend training courses. Any travel expenses must by justified with receipts. Travel allowances must be determined by the Employer’s rules or those approved by the Employer to consider higher costs in certain specific locations. 23.02 The Employer provides a per diem allowance of fifteen dollars ($15) to cover incidental expenses when an employee is working away from home. While on a training or other type of course, employees do not receive this allowance. 23.03 Employees requested by the Employer to be on standby on a day normally off or on a statutory holiday are paid an allowance of thirty dollars ($30) for each standby day. Employees agree to cooperate, but an employee cannot be subject to disciplinary action for refusing to be on standby. Employees requested to be available on standby will be so on a voluntary basis.