CapitalCare Collective Agreement 2020-2024

Article 20: Travel Expenses

1. For the purposes of clarity and communication the requirement to provide an automobile shall be included in job postings and letters of hire.
2. When an Employee, at the request of the Employer, travels by private motor vehicle, reimbursement shall be paid at fifty point five cents ($0.505) per kilometre, or the rate per kilometre paid by the Government of Alberta, whichever is higher.
3. When an Employee is required by the Employer to travel for employment purposes, they shall be reimbursed for all reasonable expenses supported by receipts as required by the Employer according to the Employer’s Policy at rates not less than rates specified on the date of ratification for this Collective Agreement.
4. Employees who are required to use their personal vehicles for Employer business, and to maintain business use insurance coverage as a result, shall be required to submit evidence of business insurance coverage when the vehicle is used on such business. The Employer shall reimburse the Employee as follows:
   
   Cost of Business Use                 Cost of Personal Use                     Remibursement
   Insurance                                    Insurance                                        to Maximum of
   Coverage $                Less         Coverage $                        =           $500.00
   (Basic Age Group-                     (Basic Age Group-     
   Good Record)                             Good Record)
    
5. Except when an Employee applies for a position other than the one the Employee occupies at the time of the application, if the Employer requests an Employee to provide a driver’s abstract, the cost of obtaining the abstract shall be reimbursed by the Employer upon production by the Employee of proof of payment of the cost.