Common use of Meal Expense Allowance Clause in Contracts

Meal Expense Allowance. (a) An employee assigned to a scheduled field pickup or other authorized Company business that requires travel and/or work away from the home office overnight shall receive a per diem allowance of Fifty-Seven Dollars ($57.00) per day for meals and incidental expenses for each calendar day that the employee is away from the home office effective April 15, 2017. (On assignments outside the Continental United States, the per diem allowance shall be the same as that provided to unrepresented staff employees of the Company on the same assignment.) The term “incidental expenses” as used in this Subsection (a) refers to expenses incurred for items such as laundry and tips. Employees will not be reimbursed for telephone calls and transportation (other than transportation and telephone calls authorized by the Company for business purposes). In the unusual case in which an employee incurs reasonable and necessary expenses in excess of the per diem allowance, the employee shall submit a statement of such expenses to the management representative for approval. In the case of a remote in which meals are not readily available, the Company may cater meals in a restaurant, hotel dining room or equivalent accommodation, in which event, the per diem allowance shall be reduced by Three Dollars ($3.00) for each meal other than breakfast so catered and One Dollar, Fifty Cents ($1.50) for each breakfast so catered. For the purpose of applying the per diem allowance, an assignment in which the employee travels by air shall be deemed to start at his or her plane's scheduled departure time and end at the actual arrival time at the gate of the plane which the employee takes to return to his or her home office, provided that, if the actual arrival time of the plane at the gate is before 2:00 A.M., the assignment shall be deemed to have ended on the previous day. On all assignments covered hereunder lasting five (5) or more consecutive days, an employee shall receive, in addition to the per diem allowance provided above, a special laundry allowance of Six Dollars ($6.00) per day, retroactive to the first day of such assignment. (b) Employees assigned to field pickups not covered by the foregoing (including employees assigned to the studio and subsequently assigned to a field pickup for the remainder of their tour) shall be allowed a single payment of Fourteen Dollars ($14.00) for meals after eleven (11) elapsed hours, or Twenty Dollars ($20.00) after fifteen (15) elapsed hours, if the employee is on assignment in the field, at the end of such eleventh (11th) or fifteenth (15th) elapsed hour respectively. In lieu of the foregoing, when sleeping accommodations are not furnished but the assignment requires the employee to travel fifty (50) miles or more (one way) from the main office of the employee’s Company office and requires absence from the employee’s home office for at least fourteen (14) hours, a per diem will be paid in the amount of Twenty-Nine Dollars ($29.00) in lieu of meals. Necessary incidental expenses such as taxi fares and tips shall be reimbursable on assignments covered by this Subparagraph (b). (c) In the event that eight (8) hours or less exists between the end of an employee’s tour and the start of his or her next tour, the Company shall, at the request of the employee, provide hotel accommodations with single occupancy. Such accommodations shall be located within ten (10) miles of either the employee’s location at the end of the employee’s tour, or the location of the start of the employee’s next tour. The Company shall also, at the request of such employee, provide taxi or equivalent transportation to and from such accommodation at no cost to the employee. Because this Section 7.7(c) is motivated by safety considerations, the parties agree that a regular or daily hire employee may not be entitled to such hotel accommodations or transportation, depending upon how far in distance an employee resides from the location at the end of an employee’s tour. The parties agree to act reasonably in the application of this provision recognizing hotel or transportation accommodations are not automatic for a regular or local daily hire employee, even if there are eight (8) or fewer hours from the end of such employee’s tour until the commencement of said employee’s next tour. (d) In the event the Company provides a hotel room or equivalent accommodation for a local remote within an office of the Company which would not normally require an overnight stay, or for other contingencies, (e.g., weather, special reports), affected employees shall receive one Section 7.7(a) per diem payment for each night the employee is assigned to remain overnight in such accommodations. (e) The Company will reimburse for parking expenses, at the crew hotel or event venue, or site of remote pickup while on assignments requiring an overnight stay. The Company shall also reimburse for incremental parking expenses incurred due to assignment of a local ENG crew requiring work away from the home office overnight, after the employee has already parked at a facility as part of their commute. Receipts must be submitted for reimbursement of such automobile parking expenses. The Company may specify preferred parking facilities in the area of the venue, remote or hotel, and parking rates for those facilities shall constitute the maximum reimbursable expenses.

Meal Expense Allowance. (a) An employee assigned to a scheduled field pickup or other authorized Company business that requires travel and/or work away from the home office overnight shall receive a per diem allowance of Fifty-Seven Five Dollars ($57.0055.00) (increased to Fifty-Six Dollars ($56.00) effective April 13, 2013) per day for meals and incidental expenses for each calendar day that the employee is away from the home office effective April 15, 2017office. (On assignments outside the Continental United States, the per diem allowance shall be the same as that provided to unrepresented staff employees of the Company on the same assignment.) The term “incidental expenses” as used in this Subsection (a) refers to expenses incurred for items such as laundry and tips. Employees will not be reimbursed for telephone calls and transportation (other than transportation and telephone calls authorized by the Company for business purposes). In the unusual case in which an employee incurs reasonable and necessary expenses in excess of the per diem allowance, the employee shall submit a statement of such expenses to the management representative for approval. In the case of a remote in which meals are not readily available, the Company may cater meals in a restaurant, hotel dining room or equivalent accommodation, in which event, the per diem allowance shall be reduced by Three Dollars ($3.00) for each meal other than breakfast so catered and One Dollar, Fifty Cents ($1.50) for each breakfast so catered. For the purpose of applying the per diem allowance, an assignment in which the employee travels by air shall be deemed to start at his or her plane's scheduled departure time and end at the actual arrival time at the gate of the plane which the employee takes to return to his or her home office, provided that, if the actual arrival time of the plane at the gate is before 2:00 A.M., the assignment shall be deemed to have ended on the previous day. On all assignments covered hereunder lasting five (5) or more consecutive days, an employee shall receive, in addition to the per diem allowance provided above, a special laundry allowance of Four Dollars and Fifty Cents ($4.50) (increased to Six Dollars ($6.00) effective May 11, 2013) per day, retroactive to the first day of such assignment. (b) Employees assigned to field pickups not covered by the foregoing (including employees assigned to the studio and subsequently assigned to a field pickup for the remainder of their tour) shall be allowed a single payment of Fourteen Dollars ($14.00) for meals after eleven (11) elapsed hours, or Twenty Dollars ($20.00) after fifteen (15) elapsed hours, if the employee is on assignment in the field, at the end of such eleventh (11th) or fifteenth (15th) elapsed hour respectively. In lieu of the foregoing, when sleeping accommodations are not furnished but the assignment requires the employee to travel fifty (50) miles or more (one way) from the main office of the employee’s Company office and requires absence from the employee’s home office for at least fourteen (14) hours, a per diem will be paid in the amount of Twenty-Nine Dollars ($29.00) in lieu of meals. Necessary incidental expenses such as taxi fares and tips shall be reimbursable on assignments covered by this Subparagraph (b). (c) In the event that eight (8) hours or less exists between the end of an employee’s tour and the start of his or her next tour, the Company shall, at the request of the employee, provide hotel accommodations with single occupancy. Such accommodations shall be located within ten (10) miles of either the employee’s location at the end of the employee’s tour, or the location of the start of the employee’s next tour. The Company shall also, at the request of such employee, provide taxi or equivalent transportation to and from such accommodation at no cost to the employee. Because this Section 7.7(c) is motivated by safety considerations, the parties agree that a regular or daily hire employee may not be entitled to such hotel accommodations or transportation, depending upon how far in distance an employee resides from the location at the end of an employee’s tour. The parties agree to act reasonably in the application of this provision recognizing hotel or transportation accommodations are not automatic for a regular or local daily hire employee, even if there are eight (8) or fewer hours from the end of such employee’s tour until the commencement of said employee’s next tour. (d) In the event the Company provides a hotel room or equivalent accommodation for a local remote within an office of the Company which would not normally require an overnight stay, or for other contingencies, (e.g., weather, special reports), affected employees shall receive one Section 7.7(a) per diem payment for each night the employee is assigned to remain overnight in such accommodations. (e) The Company will reimburse for parking expenses, at the crew hotel or event venue, or site of remote pickup while on assignments requiring an overnight stay. The Company shall also reimburse for incremental parking expenses incurred due to assignment of a local ENG crew requiring work away from the home office overnight, after the employee has already parked at a facility as part of their commute. Receipts must be submitted for reimbursement of such automobile parking expenses. The Company may specify preferred parking facilities in the area of the venue, remote or hotel, and parking rates for those facilities shall constitute the maximum reimbursable expenses.

Meal Expense Allowance. (a) An employee assigned to a scheduled field pickup or other authorized Company business that requires travel and/or work away from the home office overnight shall receive a per diem allowance of Fifty-Seven Dollars ($57.00) per day for meals and incidental expenses for each calendar day that the employee is away from the home office effective April 15, 2017. (On assignments outside the Continental United States, the per diem allowance shall be the same as that provided to unrepresented staff employees of the Company on the same assignment.) The term “incidental expenses” as used in this Subsection (a) refers to expenses incurred for items such as laundry and tips. Employees will not be reimbursed for telephone calls and transportation (other than transportation and telephone calls authorized by the Company for business purposes). In the unusual case in which an employee incurs reasonable and necessary expenses in excess of the per diem allowance, the employee shall submit a statement of such expenses to the management representative for approval. In the case of a remote in which meals are not readily available, the Company may cater meals in a restaurant, hotel dining room or equivalent accommodation, in which event, the per diem allowance shall be reduced by Three Dollars ($3.00) for each meal other than breakfast so catered and One Dollar, Fifty Cents ($1.50) for each breakfast so catered. For the purpose of applying the per diem allowance, an assignment in which the employee travels by air shall be deemed to start at his or her plane's ’s scheduled departure time and end at the actual arrival time at the gate of the plane which the employee takes to return to his or her home office, provided that, if the actual arrival time of the plane at the gate is before 2:00 A.M., the assignment shall be deemed to have ended on the previous day. On all assignments covered hereunder lasting five (5) or more consecutive days, an employee shall receive, in addition to the per diem allowance provided above, a special laundry allowance of Six Dollars ($6.00) per day, retroactive to the first day of such assignment. (b) Employees assigned to field pickups not covered by the foregoing (including employees assigned to the studio and subsequently assigned to a field pickup for the remainder of their tour) shall be allowed a single payment of Fourteen Dollars ($14.00) for meals after eleven (11) elapsed hours, or Twenty Dollars ($20.00) after fifteen (15) elapsed hours, if the employee is on assignment in the field, at the end of such eleventh (11th) or fifteenth (15th) elapsed hour respectively. In lieu of the foregoing, when sleeping accommodations are not furnished but the assignment requires the employee to travel fifty (50) miles or more (one way) from the main office of the employee’s Company office and requires absence from the employee’s home office for at least fourteen (14) hours, a per diem will be paid in the amount of Twenty-Nine Dollars ($29.00) in lieu of meals. Necessary incidental expenses such as taxi fares and tips shall be reimbursable on assignments covered by this Subparagraph (b). (c) In the event that eight (8) hours or less exists between the end of an employee’s tour and the start of his or her next tour, the Company shall, at the request of the employee, provide hotel accommodations with single occupancy. Such accommodations shall be located within ten (10) miles of either the employee’s location at the end of the employee’s tour, or the location of the start of the employee’s next tour. The Company shall also, at the request of such employee, provide taxi or equivalent transportation to and from such accommodation at no cost to the employee. Because this Section 7.7(c) is motivated by safety considerations, the parties agree that a regular or daily hire employee may not be entitled to such hotel accommodations or transportation, depending upon how far in distance an employee resides from the location at the end of an employee’s tour. The parties agree to act reasonably in the application of this provision recognizing hotel or transportation accommodations are not automatic for a regular or local daily hire employee, even if there are eight (8) or fewer hours from the end of such employee’s tour until the commencement of said employee’s next tour. (d) In the event the Company provides a hotel room or equivalent accommodation for a local remote within an office of the Company which would not normally require an overnight stay, or for other contingencies, (e.g., weather, special reports), affected employees shall receive one Section 7.7(a) per diem payment for each night the employee is assigned to remain overnight in such accommodations. (e) The Company will reimburse for parking expenses, at the crew hotel or event venue, or site of remote pickup while on assignments requiring an overnight stay. The Company shall also reimburse for incremental parking expenses incurred due to assignment of a local ENG crew requiring work away from the home office overnight, after the employee has already parked at a facility as part of their commute. Receipts must be submitted for reimbursement of such automobile parking expenses. The Company may specify preferred parking facilities in the area of the venue, remote or hotel, and parking rates for those facilities shall constitute the maximum reimbursable expenses.fourteen

Meal Expense Allowance. ‌ (a) An employee assigned to a scheduled field pickup or other authorized Company business that requires travel traveling and/or work away from the home office overnight shall receive a per diem allowance of Fifty-Seven Eight Dollars ($57.0058.00) per day (increasing to Fifty-Nine Dollars ($59.00) effective April 1, 2019) for meals and incidental expenses for each calendar day that the employee is away from the home office effective April 15, 2017office. (On assignments outside the Continental United States, the per diem allowance shall will be the same as that provided to unrepresented staff employees of the Company on the same assignment.) The term “"incidental expenses” " as used in this Subsection subsection (a) refers to expenses incurred for items such as laundry and tips. For remote assignments, the Company will endeavor to procure complimentary "in-room" hotel Internet connectivity. In the case of a remote sports assignment in which the Company is unable to procure complimentary "in-room" Internet connectivity, the Company will reimburse for one (1) day of such Internet connectivity during any one (1) regular work week at such a remote sports assignment, in accordance with Company policy. Employees will not be reimbursed for telephone calls and transportation (other than transportation and telephone calls authorized by the Company for business purposes). In the unusual case in which an employee incurs reasonable and necessary expenses in excess of the per diem allowance, the employee shall submit a statement of such expenses to the management representative for approval. In the case of a remote in which meals are not readily available, the Company may cater meals in a restaurant, hotel dining room or equivalent accommodation, in which event, event the per diem allowance shall be reduced by Three Dollars ($3.00) for each meal other than breakfast so catered and One Dollar, Dollar and Fifty Cents ($1.50) for each breakfast so catered. For the purpose of applying the per diem allowance, an assignment in which the employee travels by air shall be deemed to start at his or her plane's scheduled departure time and end at the actual arrival time of the plane at the gate of the plane which the employee takes to return to his or her home office, provided that, if the actual arrival time of the plane at the gate is before 2:00 A.M., the assignment shall be deemed to have ended on the previous day. On all assignments covered hereunder lasting five eight (5) 8) or more consecutive days, an employee shall receive, in addition to the per diem allowance provided above, a special laundry allowance of Three Dollars ($3.00) per day (without submitting receipts) or up to Six Dollars ($6.00) per dayday reimbursement by submitting itemized receipts for the laundry expenses, retroactive in either case to the first (1st) day of such assignment. (b) Employees assigned to field pickups pickups, or other authorized Company business away from the home office, not covered by the foregoing (including employees assigned to the studio and subsequently assigned to a field pickup pickup, or other authorized Company business away from the home office, for the remainder of their tour) shall be allowed a single payment of Fourteen Dollars ($14.00) ), for meals after eleven (11) elapsed hours, hours or Twenty Dollars ($20.00) after fifteen (15) elapsed hours, if the employee is on assignment in the field, or on other authorized Company business away from the home office, at the end of such eleventh (11th) or fifteenth (15th) elapsed hour respectively. In lieu of the foregoing, when sleeping accommodations are not furnished but the assignment requires the employee to travel fifty (50) miles or more (one way) from the main office of the employee’s 's Company office and requires absence from the employee’s 's home office for at least fourteen (14) hours, a per diem will be paid in the amount of Twenty-Nine Eight Dollars ($29.0028.00) in lieu of meals. Necessary incidental expenses such as taxi fares and tips shall be reimbursable on assignments covered by this Subparagraph subparagraph (b). (c) In the event that eight (8) hours or less exists between the end of an employee’s tour and the start of his or her next tour, the Company shall, at the request of the employee, provide hotel accommodations with single occupancy. Such accommodations shall be located within ten (10) miles of either the employee’s location at the end of the employee’s tour, or the location of the start of the employee’s next tour. The Company shall also, at the request of such employee, provide taxi or equivalent transportation to and from such accommodation at no cost to the employee. Because this Section 7.7(c) is motivated by safety considerations, the parties agree that a regular or daily hire employee may not be entitled to such hotel accommodations or transportation, depending upon how far in distance an employee resides from the location at the end of an employee’s tour. The parties agree to act reasonably in the application of this provision recognizing hotel or transportation accommodations are not automatic for a regular or local daily hire employee, even if there are eight (8) or fewer hours from the end of such employee’s tour until the commencement of said employee’s next tour. (d) In the event the Company provides a hotel room or equivalent accommodation for a local remote within an office of the Company which would not normally require an overnight stay, or for other contingencies, (e.g., weather, special reports), affected employees shall receive one Section 7.7(a) per diem payment for each night the employee is assigned to remain overnight in such accommodations. (e) The Company will reimburse for parking expenses, at the crew hotel or event venue, or site of remote pickup while on assignments requiring an overnight stay. The Company shall also reimburse for incremental parking expenses incurred due to assignment of a local ENG crew requiring work away from the home office overnight, after the employee has already parked at a facility as part of their commute. Receipts must be submitted for reimbursement of such automobile parking expenses. The Company may specify preferred parking facilities in the area of the venue, remote or hotel, and parking rates for those facilities shall constitute the maximum reimbursable expenses.