WORK AWAY FROM HEADQUARTERS Sample Clauses
The "Work Away from Headquarters" clause defines the terms and conditions under which employees may perform their job duties at locations other than the employer's main office or headquarters. Typically, this clause outlines requirements for approval, reporting, and reimbursement of travel or lodging expenses incurred while working remotely or at client sites. It may also specify expectations for communication, work hours, and the duration of such assignments. The core function of this clause is to provide clear guidelines and manage expectations for both the employer and employee when work is conducted offsite, thereby reducing misunderstandings and ensuring operational continuity.
WORK AWAY FROM HEADQUARTERS. 25.1 Employees will be subject to work assignments at other than their normally assigned locations. The Company will determine the location from which the temporary assignment will be made and will solicit qualified volunteers. Should there be no qualified volunteers, the least senior qualified employee in the designated location/classification will be assigned to the temporary assignment. Those selected must be capable of meeting all job requirements. Options involving Involuntary job assignments lasting longer than six months will be discussed with management and the union.
25.1-1 An employee assigned to work and remain overnight, away from his/her normal location will be allowed to travel on Company time and expense on the first trip to and the last trip from the assignment and be paid per diem as follows: Per diem $95.50 per day to include all meals and lodging, Per diem $33.50 per day for meals, plus clean comfortable lodging provided by the Company. The last day of the assignment will be considered a partial day and meals will be paid accordingly.
25.1 1.1 Breakfast will not be paid on the first day out nor dinner on the last day back of any overnight assignment. Meals will be reimbursed as follows for partial days: Breakfast $ 7.10 Lunch $ 8.55 Dinner $17.85 One of the above options shall be selected prior to the start of each assignment and used for the duration of the assignment.
25.2 By consent of the supervisor, an employee may use his/her personal vehicle in lieu of a company vehicle when assigned to work or attend training at a work location other than his/her normal location. Round trip mileage will be paid at the Verizon Company policy rate of not less than $.325 per mile and will be paid between the normal location and the temporary location for any travel during the normal tour of duty.
25.2-1 When travel is provided in a Company vehicle, such mileage does not apply.
25.3 An employee who is assigned to work away from their normal headquarters and stay overnight may, at employee request, be returned to his/her headquarters/home on Company time and expense once each three weeks for personal time at home.
25.3-1 Whenever normal work can be completed within a fourth week, the work circumstances shall be controlling except that the period away from headquarters shall not exceed four (4) weeks except in service emergencies.
25.3-2 Wherever there exists an employee emergency, the four (4) week period will not operate to limit the Company in takin...
WORK AWAY FROM HEADQUARTERS. 25.01 The Company will provide an employee 48-hour notice when requiring him to work away from his Headquarters. If the Company fails to provide 48-hour notice, an employee who is required to work under this article on a regular Working Day will be paid at his normal hourly rate plus additional pay equal to his normal hourly rate for the travel time to arrive at the new location and for the hours worked at the new location within the first 48 hours after notice is given.
25.02 For the purpose of this article, “work” is considered solely the application of trade/occupational skills. It does not include other away- from-Headquarters activities, such as, but not limited to, training, development, Association business, interviews and conferences.
WORK AWAY FROM HEADQUARTERS. 25.01 The Company will provide employees of the Battle River, Sheerness and ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ stations 48 hours notice when requiring them to work away from their Headquarters. If the Company fails to provide 48-hours notice, employees who are required to work under this Article on a regular Working Day will be paid at their normal hourly rate plus additional pay equal to their normal hourly rate for the travel time to arrive at the new location and for the hours worked at the new location within the first 48 hours after notice is given.
25.02 For the purpose of this article, “work” is considered solely the application of trade/occupational skills. It does not include other away-from-headquarters activities such as, but not limited to, training, development, Association business, interviews, and conferences.
WORK AWAY FROM HEADQUARTERS. (a) Any changes or amendments to the Travel Reimbursement Plan (TRIP)or the Meal Purchase Guideline affecting employees covered by this Agreement will be negotiated with the Union before being placed into effect. The TRIP flow charts as mutually agreed to are made part of this Agreement.
(b) TRIP is designed to compensate employees’ efforts to report to a job site at the normal starting time and remain until the normal stopping time and to use personal vehicles so that Company equipment can remain at the job site. TRIP may be used for projects more than one day in length when an employee is needed to report to a job site other than the employee’s own headquarters. The Company shall designate the job site(s) and duration of each project. The Company shall make all determinations for TRIP job interruptions or cancellations due to such reasons as Company meetings, job priorities, and emergencies. TRIP shall not be used for training or meetings.
(c) For Power Supply & Engineering employees, job site reporting over 40 miles from headquarters is mandatory if posted by 3:00 p.m., three (3) working days prior to the start of the job. For Customer Service Organization employees, job site reporting outside the site boundaries is mandatory if posted by 3:00 p.m., three (3) working days prior to the start of the job. (For example, a Monday TRIP must be posted by 3:00 p.m. the preceding Wednesday to be considered mandatory.)
(d) The Company may authorize the use of a Company vehicle for TRIP projects. The guidelines for the number of authorized personal vehicles is as follows: 1 to 3 persons one vehicle 7 to 9 persons three vehicles 4 to 6 persons two vehicles 10 to 12 persons four vehicles
(e) Employees in a crew may use different options, but must all work the same hours at the TRIP job site. Employees will report to the TRIP job site at normal starting times and remain until normal stopping times unless traveling on Company time. The normal starting time of those employees on TRIP assignments shall normally conform to the starting time of the host site where the TRIP job is located unless mutually agreed otherwise. When outside site boundaries and over 60 miles from headquarters, crews may adopt other options as follows:
(1) Employees may leave on Company time in the morning on the first day of the TRIP job and on Mondays and return in the afternoon on the last day of the TRIP job and on Fridays, unless mutually agreed upon otherwise. The driver(s) receives the stan...
WORK AWAY FROM HEADQUARTERS. 25.1 Employees may be, from time to time, temporarily assigned by the Company to work or attend meetings or schools in a town other than the town in which they are located.
25.2 When an employee is temporarily assigned to a location of less than forty- five (45) miles, the employee will be required to report to his/her headquarters location prior to reporting to the temporary location.
25.2.1 When an employee is given twenty-four (24) hour notice to work at a location less than forty-five (45) miles from his/her normal location to fill in for the absence of another employee, he/she may report to the location at the start of the tour and return home at the end of the tour. Such assignments shall not last longer than twenty-one (21) calendar days.
25.3 An employee temporarily assigned to work forty-five (45) miles or more from his/her headquarters location and authorized to stay overnight will be allowed to travel on Company time on the first trip to and the last trip from the assignment and be paid per diem of $65.00 per day to include all meals and lodging or receive actual expense for Company-designated lodging and reasonable meal allowances in lieu of per diem. Meals allowance shall be paid as follows: Breakfast $ 7.00 Lunch $ 8.00 Dinner $14.00
25.3.1 Breakfast will not be paid on the first day out nor dinner on the last day back of any overnight assignment.
25.4 The above daily allowance will be paid to employees temporarily assigned over forty-five (45) miles, except absentees, for Saturdays, Sundays, holidays or scheduled days off when the employee works the last scheduled tour preceding and the first scheduled tour following the scheduled day(s) off.
25.4.1 The term “absentee” used in Paragraph 25.4 above shall mean:
25.4.1.1 Any employee who does not work on a scheduled day off and who is absent the scheduled work day preceding or the scheduled work day next following the scheduled day(s) off.
25.4.1.2 Employees described in 25.4.1.1 above may have the absence excused at the supervisor’s discretion.
25.5 Employees assigned qualifying duty for per diem who are not able to work because of illness or injury will continue to receive per diem while temporarily incapacitated, provided they are actually staying overnight and incurring expenses. Employees hospitalized or at home during the disability will not continue to receive the per diem while away from the job.
25.6 By consent of the supervisor, an employee may use his/her personal vehicle in lieu of ...