Business Expenses The Company shall pay or reimburse the Executive for all reasonable and necessary business expenses incurred or paid by the Executive in the performance of his duties and responsibilities hereunder, subject to any maximum annual limit or other restrictions on such expenses set by the Board and to such reasonable substantiation and documentation as may be specified by the Company from time to time.
Employee Expenses A. When an employee is authorized to use his/her personal automobile for travel related to his/her employment he/she shall be reimbursed at the rate of forty (.40) cents per mile. Mileage shall be determined by the odometer reading of the motor vehicle, but may be subject to review for reasonableness by the Appointing Authority who shall use a Web-based service as a guide. Effective July 10, 2005, employees shall be reimbursed for reasonable associated costs for parking and tolls for authorized travel. B. An employee who travels from his/her home to a temporary assignment rather than to his/her regularly assigned office, shall be allowed transportation expenses for the distance between his/her home and his/her temporary assignment or between his/her regularly assigned office and his/her temporary assignment, whichever is less. C. Employees shall not be reimbursed for commuting between their home and office or other regular work location. With the approval of the Chief Human Resources Officer, an employee's home may be designated as his/her regular office by his/her Appointing Authority, for the purposes of allowed transportation expenses in cases where the employee has no regular office or other regular work location. A. An employee who is assigned to duty that requires him/her to be absent from his/her home for more than twenty-four hours shall be reimbursed for reasonable charges for lodging including reasonable tips and for meal expenses, including tips, not to exceed the following amounts: Breakfast $3.75 3:01 to 9:00 A.M. Lunch $6.50 9:01 to 3:00 P.M. Supper $9.50 3:01 to 9:00 P.M. B. On the first day of assignment to duty in excess of twenty-four (24) hours, employees shall not be reimbursed for breakfast if such assignment commences after six (6:00) a.m., for lunch if such assignment ends before noon or for supper if such assignment ends before ten (10:00) p.m. C. On the last day of assignment to duty in excess of twenty-four (24) hours, employees shall not be reimbursed for breakfast if such assignment ends before six (6:00) a.m., for lunch if such an assignment ends before noon or for supper if such assignment ends before six (6:00) p.m. D. For travel of less than twenty-four (24) hours commencing two (2) hours or more before compensated time, employees shall be entitled to the above breakfast allowance. For travel of less than twenty-four (24) hours ending two (2) hours or more after compensated time, employees shall be entitled to the above supper allowance. Employees are not entitled to the above lunch allowance for travel of less than twenty-four (24) hours. E. Employees who are required to travel out of state for assignments of more than twenty- four (24) hours in duration shall, in lieu of the meals reimbursement provided in paragraphs A through D of this Section, receive a payment of twenty-four dollars and fifty cents ($24.50) for each whole day during which they are on such assignment. Said payment shall be prorated for each partial day during which said employees are on such assignment. For the purposes of this paragraph: 1. A whole day shall be a twenty-four (24) hour period commencing at midnight; and 2. The duration of an out of state travel assignment shall begin upon the employee’s departure from his/her home or work location directly to the destination of the travel assignment, and shall conclude with the employee’s arrival at his/her home or work location directly from said travel assignment. Section 11.3 Employees who work three (3) or more hours of authorized overtime, exclusive of meal times, in addition to their regular hours of employment, or employees who work three (3) or more hours, exclusive of meal times, on a day other than their regular work day, shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred for authorized meals, including tips, not to exceed the following amounts and in accordance with the following time periods: Breakfast 3:01 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. $2.75 Lunch 9:01 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. $3.75 Dinner 3:01 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. $5.75 Midnight Snack 9:01 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. $2.75 Section 11.4 Every effort will be made to reimburse employees as soon as administratively possible provided that all requests for reimbursements are submitted to the employees’ Appointing Authority within sixty (60) days from which the employee incurred such expense (follow agency policy for reimbursement at the end of the fiscal year). The parties understand that late submissions of expenses of more than 60 days can cause delays in reimbursement and have a negative impact on the agency budget; therefore the parties agree to encourage employees to submit the reimbursements within 60 days. A. Effective January 2016, any employee who is authorized to use his/her personal automobile for travel related to his/her employment shall be eligible for a car allowance. The allowance shall be paid quarterly to such employees for mileage incurred while operating their private vehicle in the course of official Commonwealth business according to the following formula: 1. Employees who drive 2,000 or more miles in any quarter shall be eligible for a quarterly reimbursement of one hundred and twenty-eight dollars ($128.00). 2. Employees who drive at least 1,000 but fewer than 2,000 miles in any quarter shall be eligible for a quarterly reimbursement of eighty-five dollars ($85.00). 3. Employees who drive at least 700 but fewer than 1,000 miles in any quarter shall be eligible for a quarterly reimbursement of forty-three dollars ($43.00). 4. Employees who drive 500 but fewer than 700 miles in any quarter shall be eligible for a quarterly reimbursement of thirty-one dollars ($31.00). 5. Employees who drive at least 300 but fewer than 500 miles in any quarter shall be eligible for a quarterly reimbursement of twenty-four dollars ($24.00). B. Effective January 2017, the quarterly reimbursement will be increased to the amounts noted below, any employee who is authorized to use his/her personal automobile for travel related to his/her employment shall be eligible for a car allowance. The allowance shall be paid quarterly to such employees for mileage incurred while operating their private vehicle in the course of official Commonwealth business according to the following formula: 1. Employees who drive 2,000 or more miles in any quarter shall be eligible for a quarterly reimbursement of two hundred and fifty-six dollars ($256.00). 2. Employees who drive at least 1,000 but fewer than 2,000 miles in any quarter shall be eligible for a quarterly reimbursement of one hundred and seventy-one dollars ($171.00). 3. Employees who drive at least 700 but fewer than 1,000 miles in any quarter shall be eligible for a quarterly reimbursement of eighty-six dollars ($86.00). 4. Employees who drive 500 but fewer than 700 miles in any quarter shall be eligible for a quarterly reimbursement of sixty-two dollars ($62.00). 5. Employees who drive at least 300 but fewer than 500 miles in any quarter shall be eligible for a quarterly reimbursement of forty-nine dollars ($49.00).
Travel Expenses CONTRACTOR shall not be allowed or paid travel expenses unless set forth in this Agreement.