BOARD
12.01
(a) If an employee wishes to commute daily to their place of work rather than receive board allowance to a maximum as indicated below, they shall be entitled to travel allowance according to the following scale: Free zone shall be described as within: (1) Fifty (50) kilometers from the City or Town Hall in which the Employer’s office is situated. (2) Fifty (50) kilometers from the City or Town Hall in which the Employee resides. Any employee who is obliged to remain out of town overnight shall receive $91.00 per day worked upon signing, $95.00 per day worked effective May 1, 2023, $98.00 per day worked effective May 1, 2024, or have adequate room and board provided as mutually agreed by the Employer and employee. Employees who are obliged to remain out of town for an extended period shall have room and board provided by the employer for seven (7) days per week upon completion of the regularly scheduled work week, (b) Measurements to be taken from the city or town hall of the community in which the employee maintains their permanent residence.
12.02
(a) Each employee shall be paid an hour’s pay for every 70 kilometres traveled. Measurements to be taken as outlined in Article 12:01(b). (b) Each employee shall be paid sixty-eight cents ($0.68) per kilometre for travel expenses for the duration of this agreement. In case of travel to Labrador or where employees do not travel by car, each employee shall receive that amount per kilometre from hometown to airport and airline fare at employer's cost. Measurements to be taken as outlined in Article 12:01(b). The employee will be compensated at their single hourly rate, not exceeding eight (8) hours for such travelling time in any twenty-four (24) hour period.
12.03
Any employee after having been instructed to report for work shall qualify for travelling time and travel expenses one way from the point of origin to the job, on the completion of twenty-eight (28) calendar days of employment. Where airline travel is necessary, travel expenses and airline ticket at employer's cost to be paid within three (3) calendar days upon receipt of bona fide Travel Vouchers.
12.04
An employee, after having been instructed to report for work, shall be entitled to return travel time and travel expenses to the point of origin on the completion of every twenty-eight (28) calendar days of employment. If working in Labrador or on the Island where there is no access to the job site by road, an employee shall be so entitled after every twenty-eight (28) days of employment. On a regular turnaround schedule, travel time shall be paid on return travel only.
12.05
An employee shall be entitled to travelling time and expenses from the point of origin to the jobsite and/or the return to the point of origin if their employment has been terminated for the following reasons, regardless of duration of employment: (a) If they have been laid off, (b) If the job has been completed, ce (c) If they have been granted permission by the employer to leave before completion of the job or project,
12.06
If their employment is terminated for just cause, or the employee leaves on their own accord before having qualified for travel expense 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 employees voluntarily terminates their employment, they will not be paid travelling time or transportation for any subsequent trips to the job, except at the employer's discretion.
12.07
(a) Employees’ Board Allowance or Travel Allowance as provided for in Article 12:01 shall not be deducted from employees’ pay due to waiting time or inclement weather provided they are unable to report for work as usual. (b) If camp accommodations are provided, employees shall be given the opportunity to take residence in camp at no cost to the employee for room and board.
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