TRAVEL EXPENSES & PER DIEM. (A) All Employees will receive the applicable IRS allowable rate per mile as reasonable reimbursement for pre-hire travel calculated based on the distance via the nearest route from the city or town in which he is located at the time he receives his dispatch to the location of the job site. The Employee will be entitled to travel pay to the job site (initial travel pay) with his third paycheck or earlier if there is an amendment of the pre-job report as described in Article VIII(B). The Employee will be entitled to an equal amount of travel pay upon completion of the job (return travel pay) as reasonable reimbursement for post-employment travel expenses. If he fails to complete the job for any reason, he shall not be entitled to any return travel pay. Individuals traveling to the job site are doing so based on an offer of employment and are not considered Employees until successful completion of required pre-hire requirements and onboarding procedures that are otherwise consistent with the terms of the Agreement. Rejected applicants or individuals otherwise not provided employment may receive travel pay to reimburse for reasonable travel expenses as required by this Article XIV(A)
TRAVEL EXPENSES & PER DIEM. (Has been made as part of the mandatory language of the agreement) “Use of personnel requiring lodging and meal “per diem” expenses will not be allowed without prior written authorization by LOCAL AGENCY’s representative. Requests for such authorization must be contained in OWNER’s estimate of actual and necessary relocation costs. OWNER shall include an explanation why local employee or contract labor is not considered adequate for the relocation work proposed. Per Diem expenses shall not exceed the per diem expense amounts allowed under the California Department of Human Resources travel expense guidelines.”
