Article 33 - Travel allowance
33.01 Automobile expenses
When employees are authorized to use their personal vehicle, they receive an allowance for all travel done in the performance of their duties. The allowance is established as follows:
- for the first 8,000 km in a fiscal year: $0.620/km
- for all kilometres after 8,000 in a fiscal year: $0.545/km
An amount of $0.155/km is added to the stipulated allowances for kilometres travelled on gravel roads.
Employees are reimbursed for tolls and parking costs inherent to travel in the performance of their duties.
Employees who are required to use their personal vehicle in the course of their duties are reimbursed for parking fees incurred at their home base.
Employees who are required by the Employer to use a vehicle and who regularly use their personal vehicle for this purpose in the course of the year and travel less than 8,000 kilometres are entitled to compensation, in addition to the general allowance of $0.08 per kilometre for kilometres between the distances actually travelled and 8,000 kilometres, payable at the end of the year. This compensation is prorated to the number of hours actually worked, based on the number of hours worked by a full-time employee in the course of a year.
If the use of a personal vehicle is no longer required by the Employer, the employee is entitled to the compensation established under the rules set out in the preceding paragraph, for the entire year in progress.
Business insurance
Employees required to use their personal vehicle who submit proof of payment of a business insurance premium for the use of a personal vehicle for the purposes of working for the Employer are reimbursed for the amount of this annual premium.
The business insurance must include all the necessary riders, including those allowing for the transportation of passengers on work-related travel, and must not be cancelled before the expiry date unless the Employer is notified first.
The Employer cannot be held responsible for an employee’s omission to add business insurance.
33.02
When the Employer does not require employees to use their own vehicle for travel and decides on other means of transportation, employees are reimbursed for the costs thus incurred.
33.03 Meals
During travel and in accordance with conditions established locally, employees may have their meals outside the facility and are entitled to the following allowance:
Breakfast: $14.70
Lunch: $20.20
Supper: $30.50
33.04 Accommodations
Employees who have to stay in a hotel in the course of performing their duties are entitled to reimbursement of actual accommodation expenses incurred, plus a daily allowance of $7.75.
Employees who stay elsewhere than in a hotel receive a flat daily allowance of $22.25 for a stay with a friend or relative.
33.05
If government regulations authorize rates higher than those set out in clauses 33.01, 33.03 and 33.04 during the life of this collective agreement for employees covered by this agreement, the Employer undertakes to adjust the rates set out in clauses 33.01, 33.03 and 33.04 within thirty (30) days.