Canadian Blood Services (Technical) Collective Agreement 2021-2024

Article 43: Travel/Transportation

1. Travel time shall mean all travel authorized by the Employer for all Employees on the Employer's business.
   1. In the case of daily mobile clinics, the transportation time from the Blood Services Centre to the clinic and return;
   2. In the case of an overnight mobile clinic, the transportation time from the Blood Services Centre to the place of lodging, from the place of lodging to the clinic and return to the place of lodging, and from the place of lodging to the Blood Services Centre at the end of the tour; shall be considered as paid time and will be credited to the daily hours of work for each Employee who is assigned to mobile clinics.
   3. For any other travel required by the Employer, excluding mobiles, travel time will include only the time spent travelling from one location to another (point of departure to destination) including waiting time at the airport.  These hours shall be paid at straight time.
2. When an Employee arrives at the Centre/satellite site or is scheduled to return to the Centre/satellite site from an out-of- town clinic after 2230 hours, they shall be provided with transportation or reimbursed for the cost of reasonable, necessary and substantiated transportation expenses from the Centre to their place of residence.  This article shall not apply if the Employee has their own mode of transportation.
3. When an Employee works on a shift that ends at or after 2400 hours and before 0700 hours of the next day, or is required to work overtime between 2400 hours and 0700 hours of the next day, they shall be provided with transportation or reimbursed for the cost of reasonable, necessary and substantiated transportation expense from the Centre to their place of residence.  This article shall not apply if the Employee has their own mode of transportation.
4. Mileage expense claims are to be submitted to the Employer the first working day following the month in which the call-back occurred. Reimbursement of such expenses shall be paid to the Employee concerned within four (4) weeks of being submitted.
5. 1. When an Employee, at the request of the Employer, drives a motor vehicle other than a motor vehicle supplied by the Employer, a transportation allowance at the prevailing Corporate per kilometre rate shall be paid from the Centre to the designated location and return.
   2. When an Employee is required by the Employer to travel for employment purposes that are related to the national/centre operations of Canadian Blood Services, they shall be reimbursed for meal expenses and kilometreage, for all reasonable expenses, and for accommodations authorized by the Employer at the prevailing Corporate rates.
      
      Notwithstanding the above, the provisions of Article 34 – Meal Allowance shall apply to mobile clinics.
   3. The Employer shall advise the Union of changes to the Corporate rates referred to in Articles 43.05 (a) and (b).