REMUNERATION FOR TRAVELLING TIME. 21. In accordance with Article 19 of the Agreement, as amended by paragraph 7 above, the level of remuneration for travelling time is determined as follows: — An interpreter compelled to travel before 10 am on the day preceding the meeting shall be remunerated at the basic rate. — Where departure time is between 10 am and 2.30 pm, 75% of one day’s remuneration at the basic rate shall be payable. — Where departure time is between 2.30 and 7 pm, a half-day’s remuneration at the basic rate shall be payable. — Where departure time is after 7 pm, 25% of one day’s remuneration at the basic rate shall be payable. An interpreter who cannot return home on the last day of the meeting shall be remunerated as follows for the time that must be spend in travel the next day: — Return before 10 am: 25% of one day’s remuneration at the basic rate. — Return between 10 am and 2.30 pm: a half-day’s remuneration at the basic rate. — Return after 2.30 pm: one day’s remuneration at the basic rate. For train or air travel, the times given above are the times of departure from and arrival at the railway station or airport.
REMUNERATION FOR TRAVELLING TIME. 19.1 - As a general rule, and subject to the provisions of paragraph 19.3 below, the interpreter shall be deemed to have travelled the day before the meeting and immediately after the meeting ends or, if it is impossible to return by 11 pm, the next morning at the latest.
