TRAVEL AND SUBSISTENCE 17.01 There shall be a free zone for employees working within a forty-five (45) kilometre radius of the Halifax County intersection of Provincial Highway, 101 and 102. Travel and subsistence allowance will not apply when travelling to and working within this free zone (17.01). 17.02 There shall be a forty-five (45) kilometre radius free zone around all projects outside the jurisdiction of Clause 17.01.
Subsistence Employees who are required to travel beyond a fifty (50) kilometer radius from the site or fifty (50) kilometres from their designated work area [where that work area exceeds a fifty (50) kilometre radius from their site] on business authorized by the Employer shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred as shown below, or in accordance with the Province of Alberta Regulations Governing Subsistence or Employer Policy, whichever is higher. (a) Meals (i) breakfast, if the time of departure is earlier or the time of return is later than zero seven thirty (0730) hours; or (ii) lunch, if the time of departure is earlier or the time of return is later than thirteen hundred (1300) hours; or (iii) supper, if the time of departure is earlier or the time of return is later than eighteen thirty (1830) hours.
Foreign-Owned Companies in Connection with Critical Infrastructure If Texas Government Code, Section 2274.0102(a)(1) (eff. Sept. 1, 2023, Section 2275.0102(a)(1), pursuant to House Bill 4595, Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S.) (relating to prohibition on contracts with certain foreign-owned companies in connection with critical infrastructure) is applicable to this Contract, pursuant to Government Code Section 2274.0102 (eff. Sept. 1, 2023, Section 2275.0102, pursuant to House Bill 4595, Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S.), Contractor certifies that neither it nor its parent company, nor any affiliate of Contractor or its parent company, is: (1) majority owned or controlled by citizens or governmental entities of China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, or any other country designated by the Governor under Government Code Section 2274.0103 (eff. Sept. 1, 2023, Section 2275.0103, pursuant to House Bill 4595, Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S.), or (2) headquartered in any of those countries.
BORROWER COVENANTS Borrower covenants and agrees that:
Subsistence Allowance a) The daily subsistence allowance per calendar day worked shall be as follows: Effective June 28, 2015 - one hundred and thirty-five dollars ($135) b) An Employee shall forfeit subsistence allowance for absenteeism or leaving work without permission on any working day. When the Employee is absent or leaves work without permission on the working day immediately preceding or following bad weather days or recognized holidays, he shall forfeit subsistence allowance for such absenteeism or leaving work without permission and for the bad weather days or recognized holidays. The above forfeiture of subsistence allowance shall be waived when the Employee’s absenteeism on any working day or on Thursday, Friday and/or Monday, as outlined herein, is due to a bona fide illness or absence due to compassionate grounds satisfactory to the Employer and the Union Representative. Forfeiture of subsistence allowance may also be waived in other cases if the reason for absenteeism is acceptable to the Employer and the Union Representative. Written permission to leave work shall be in the form of the Leave of Absence Request form attached as Appendix “B” to this agreement. Upon a specific request by the Union, the Employer shall forward a copy of an employee’s Leave of Absence form. c) In extraordinary circumstances the Employer may provide an advance of subsistence allowance to an Employee on the basis of the following: i. An advance is available to a new hire and only upon request. ii. The advance may be available after the initial three (3) days of employment and shall be limited to three (3) days subsistence allowance. iii. The value of the advance shall be deducted from the Employee’s first pay.