TRAVELLING EXPENSES

a) For projects within one hundred (100) road kilometres of the City Hall of St. John's all employees will receive a daily travel allowance, per day worked or reported, when the location of the job exceeds a sixty (60) road kilometre free zone from the City Hall. In such cases, the allowance shall be based on the one-way distance, in road kilometres from the edge of the free zone to the job, at a rate of one minute per kilometre, at the Journeyperson’s regular straight time rate. This allowance shall not exceed the daily subsistence allowance rate. b) Employees on subsistence allowance (see Article 20.00) shall also be entitled to a daily travel allowance, per day worked or reported, when the location of the job exceeds sixty (60) road kilometres from the City Hall (or main post office where no City Hall) of the nearest city or town in which reasonable accommodation is available; or, in special cases, from such closer location of accommodation as the Business Manager/Secretary-Treasurer and the Employer may mutually agree to. In such cases, the allowance shall be based on the one-way distance, in road kilometres from the edge of the sixty (60) kilometre free zone to the job, at a rate of one minute per kilometre, at the Journeyperson’s regular straight time rate. This allowance shall not exceed one-half of the daily subsistence allowance rate. c) Local Residents living beyond sixty (60) road kilometres of the project shall receive Employer supplied transportation from mutually agreed pick-up points or be paid the allowance described in Article 19.01(a) from the edge of the sixty (60) road kilometre free zone around the project for each day worked or reported for work. d) Employees Living in Close Proximity to a Job Site Transportation to the job will be paid at sixty-eight cents ($0.68 cents) per kilometre, one way from home for distance of 42 kilometres or greater to a maximum of the subsistence allowance amount per day. If an employee is recruited to a jobsite within the employer’s municipality, which is more than 98 kilometres from the employee’s permanent residence, the employee shall receive subsistence allowance.

When an employee is instructed to report to, or leaves a job location which necessitates transportation and travelling time, they shall be entitled to the transportation or travel expense, plus travelling time at the regular rate, not exceeding eight (8) hours per day for such travelling time. If location and circumstances require the employee to travel overnight or on the day(s) preceding their first working day, the travel expense shall also include a subsistence allowance in accordance with Article 20.00 of this Agreement for such preceding day(s); except when travel is by train in which case they shall receive berth and meals when necessary. Transportation costs and travelling time will normally be based on an available and appropriate mode of public transportation. If there is no available mode, or if an employee is specifically instructed and consents to drive their own automobile, they shall receive transportation costs as set out in the Wage and Benefit Schedule per kilometre (road) plus travel time, when applicable, calculated at eighty (80) kilometres per hour, each way. When an employee leaves a job on which they have been entitled to subsistence allowance, their return travel expense shall also include a subsistence allowance in accordance with Article 20.00 of this Agreement for the following day. Payment of subsistence allowance for any preceding or following days as outlined in the foregoing paragraphs shall supersede, and not be in addition to, any subsistence allowance for those days as may be otherwise prescribed in Article 20.00. The employee's entitlement to the foregoing travel expense and travelling time, when applicable, shall be subject to the conditions in Articles 19.03 to 19.06 inclusive.

a) An employee shall qualify for travelling time and travel expense one way, from point of hiring to the job, on the completion of fifteen (15) calendar days employment, and shall receive payment for such time and expense on the pay day corresponding to the pay period during which they qualified. b) An employee shall qualify for return travelling time and travel expense, from the job to the point of hiring, on the completion of thirty (30) calendar days employment and shall receive payment for such time and expense on the pay day corresponding to the pay period during which they qualified. c) An employee shall also be entitled to return travel expenses and travel time: (i) if they have been laid off; (ii) if the job has been completed; (iii) if they have been granted permission by the Employer to leave before completion.

If their employment is terminated for just cause, or the employee leaves of their own accord before having qualified for travelling expenses and travelling time to and/or from the job, they shall not be entitled to receive the cost of such travel expenses and travelling time.

After qualifying for return travelling time and transportation, if the employee voluntarily terminates their employment they will not be entitled to qualify for travelling time and transportation for any subsequent trips to that job unless at least fifteen (15) working days have expired between their terminating and their return, except in special cases satisfactory to the Union and the Employer.

On jobs located over four hundred (400) kilometres by road from the City Hall of St. John's, all employees receiving subsistence allowance or camp accommodation, shall be entitled to short term trips from the jobsite with fare paid by the Employer as follows: a) The employee shall qualify for one return trip away from the jobsite for each thirty- six (36) calendar days they are at the jobsite. b) For each such trip taken, the Employer shall provide return transportation at no cost to the employee, or pay their return fare, to the City of St. John's. Mode of transportation or determination of fare shall be on the same basis as established under Article 19.02. c) If an employee is unable or does not wish to take such trip immediately on qualifying, they may take it later, and any days on the jobsite in excess of thirty-six (36) may be credited toward the establishment of subsequent thirty-six (36) day periods and trip qualifications; provided that in any event such trips shall not be taken in intervals of less than twenty (20) days. d) Not more than 25% of the employees on the job shall be away on such trips at any one time. e) The employee shall not be away from the jobsite for more than five (5) working days (not counting Saturday, Sunday, or Holidays) nor more than nine (9) calendar days, whichever is less, otherwise they shall be considered to have terminated their employment and Article 19.03(b) shall apply. f) If such employee(s) elect not to take this rotation expense they shall not be entitled to the equivalent of transportation expense. (The foregoing may be altered by mutual agreement between the Employer and the Business Manager/Secretary-Treasurer.) Any additional trips shall be at the employee's own expense and shall not result in absenteeism disruptive to the project. Provisions in this Article 19.06 are separate from those in Article 19.02 to 19.05 covering the initial and final transportation and travel time.

An employee shall have the right to refuse a transfer from one job to another, if they have worked until the completion of the job to which they were originally assigned.