Common use of Commuting Allowance Clause in Contracts

Commuting Allowance. 32.01 The Employer shall pay a commuting allowance rate in the following manner: (a) The commuting allowance will be payable to all employees commuting to work from outside the HQ area for each day they work. (b) The HQ area is defined as the area within a sixteen kilometre (16 km) radius from the CFB Suffield Administration area. (c) For the purposes of calculating the commuting allowance, the sixteen kilometre (16 km) radius of the HQ area will be subtracted from the total distance travelled by the employee. (d) For the purposes of calculating the commuting allowance, the distance from Medicine Hat to CFB Suffield is calculated as fifty kilometres (50 km). (e) For the purposes of calculating the commuting allowance, the distance from Redcliff to CFB Suffield is calculated as forty kilometres (40 km). (f) The rate to be paid per eligible kilometre will be the commuting allowance rate (CAR) for NPF employees at CFB Suffield and subject to amendment. (g) The kilometric rate shall be in accordance with Appendix A - Lower Kilometric Rates (▇▇▇-▇▇▇.▇▇.▇▇) (h) Commuting allowance will be paid bi-weekly. (i) For the purposes of the commuting allowance the maximum distance between the employee’s residence and CFB Suffield is fifty kilometres (50 km). Employees living further than fifty kilometres (50 km) from CFB Suffield will not be reimbursed for travel beyond that distance. and (j) During the life of the Collective Agreement, if the Treasury Board Commuting Allowance kilometric rates change, the CAR will be adjusted appropriately. EXAMPLE: i. Each working day, a Medicine Hat employee travels 50 km to and from work = 100 ▇▇