Accommodation and Transportation Standards. 22.7 Where the Employer houses the Employee overnight in a location outside the Vancouver Studio Zone, the Employer shall provide suitable hotel accommodation for the Employees. The Employee shall receive, in addition to the applicable wage scale, all necessary lodging expenses (lodging to be single occupancy equal to the Canadian Automobile Association (“CAA”) standards, where reasonably available) plus meal and travelling expenses, to, from, and while on the job. When travelling by air, economy (coach) class air travel shall be permissible for domestic flights of less than one thousand (1,000) air miles when the flight is non-stop from departure point to final destination, provided that the Employer must provide elevated economy (coach) class travel (e.g., Economy Plus, Extended Leg Room, etc.), when available. In addition, flights between Los Angeles and Vancouver and flights that are less than one thousand (1,000) miles between the U.S. and Vancouver may be economy (coach) class. All other flights shall be business class when available and if not available, first class. Production Assistants may be sent economy (coach) on all flights. Baggage fees and in-flight meals for economy (coach) class air travel shall be reimbursed, provided that a request for reimbursement with appropriate receipts is submitted within thirty (30) days after the flight. If an employee covered under this Agreement is travelling on the same flight as another employee employed on the same production by the same Employer and the other employee is entitled to travel in a higher class of transportation pursuant to the minimum terms of the collective bargaining agreement under which he/she is employed, then the employee covered under this Agreement shall be upgraded to the same class of transportation as is afforded to the other employee. Per Diem Allowance
Accommodation and Transportation Standards. 22.7 Where the Employer houses the Employee overnight in a location outside the Vancouver Studio Zone, the Employer shall provide suitable hotel accommodation for the Employees. The Employee shall receive, in addition to the applicable wage scale, all necessary lodging expenses (lodging to be single occupancy equal to the Canadian Automobile Association (“CAA”) standards, where reasonably available) plus meal and travelling expenses, to, from, and while on the job. When travelling by air, Employees, other than Production Assistants, shall not be sent tourist, coach, or their equivalent on flights two (2) hours or more in duration, except that if every effort has been made to secure business or first class flights and the same are unavailable, then Employees may be sent in the next closest class. Per Diem Allowance
