Travel Meal Allowance. For approved Business Travel, meal expenses must be reasonable for the region in which they are incurred. The following allowances apply for approved Business Travel in North America: Breakfast – $15.00 per day Lunch – $15.00 per day Dinner - $40.00 per day Incidental - $10.00 per day, cumulative for the duration of the business trip for incidentals only. Receipts are required to claim reimbursement for incidental expenses. Incidental amount does not apply on day of travel home. For destinations in the United States, the amounts are in U.S. currency. For destinations outside North America Meal/Incidental allowances are based on the Canadian currency equivalent of the amounts contained in the Xxxxxx Business Travel Expense summary report excluding hotel, column 1; Low. No Travel Meal Allowance will be paid for employees on Assignment Conditions. A breakfast allowance is not claimable when the employee commences the trip from his or her residence after 7:30 am. When a hotel provides a full breakfast with the room rate, the breakfast per diem is not claimable. A dinner allowance is not claimable when the employee arrives at his or her residence before 6:30pm. Intent is to compensate when an actual expense is occurred – therefore, if staying in a hotel where suitable breakfast is available & included in the hotel charge, breakfast per diems is excluded, or if managers buys employees dinner, dinner per diem is excluded. Intent is also not to provide per diems for part-days when traveling and to travel outside of mealtimes where practicable. For example, if traveling mid-day, travel after lunch if possible and claim only dinner portion of per diem.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
