Gainsharing Program Policy Sample Clauses

Gainsharing Program Policy. A. Policy: Under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 0000-0000, XXXX agrees to pay a cash award for “efficiency” or “economy”. The program will be known as the Gainsharing Travel Savings Program (GTSP). It will reward employees who save the AOML money while on official travel. These savings will apply to the use of less expensive lodging, from use of frequent flyer benefits for the purchase of airline tickets for official travel, and, to the extent permissible under agency travel contracts, Federal Travel Regulations, and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2002, as well as any applicable Federal Travel Advisories or waivers issued by the General Services Administration, for the purchase of less expensive airline tickets than the contract price. Employee participation in this program is optional. The amount of the award for the employee will be 50 percent of the savings on lodging expenses and/or contract carrier airfare. Taxes will be withheld (Federal, State, local, FICA) on the award amount. In most cases, the cumulative savings to AOML must be at least $200.00 before the employee is eligible to receive an award. Employees should not incur additional expenses in transportation or other miscellaneous costs in effort to reduce lodging expenses. Employees who incur additional transportation expenses must have those expenses deducted from their lodging savings. When a room is shared while on official travel there may be a lodging savings. The employees should arrange to be billed separately. If this is not possible, a daily rate must be determined for each employee. Divide the total lodging costs by the number of employees and the number of nights to arrive at a daily rate for each employee.