Prairie Emergency Medical Services Inc. Collective Agreement 2020-2025

Article 30: Duty-Incurred Expenses

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   1. Employees who are dispatched on ground ambulance service involving travel away from their designated station, for a period of time which exceeds five (5) hours, shall receive a meal allowance of thirteen ($13.00) dollars per meal to a daily maximum of thirty-nine ($39.00) dollars per day as per below. No receipts required.
      
      If an Employee is away from their designated station for five (5) hours and up to less than ten (10) hours, this would cover one (1) meal period and they would receive thirteen ($13.00) dollars upon submission.
      
      If an Employee is away from their designated station for ten (10) hours and up to less than fifteen (15) hours, this would cover two (2) meal periods and they would receive twenty-six ($26.00) dollars upon submission.
      
      If an Employee is away from their designated station for fifteen (15) or more hours, this would cover three (3) meal periods and they would receive thirty-nine ($39.00) dollars upon submission.
   2. Location/Event Standby
      When an Employee is required to standby at a location or event for a period of greater than five (5) hours, where appropriate food storage facilities are not available, and meals are not provided, the Employee shall receive a thirteen ($13.00) dollars per meal to a daily maximum of thirty-nine ($39.00) dollars per day. No receipts required.
      
      If an Employee is required to standby at a location or event for five (5) hours and up to less than ten (10) hours, this would cover one (1) meal period and they would receive thirteen ($13.00) dollars upon submission.
      
      If an Employee is required to standby at a location or event for ten (10) hours and up to less than fifteen (15) hours, this would cover two (2) meal periods and they would receive twenty-six ($26.00) dollars upon submission.
      
      If an Employee is required to standby at a location or event for fifteen (15) or more hours, this would cover three (3) meal periods and they would receive thirty-nine ($39.00) dollars upon submission.
   3. Supervisors receive a corporate fuel credit card with an expense amount of three hundred dollars ($300.00) per month. This amount can be increased with Employer approval. The fuel card shall be used for work related travel, however any amounts not used for work may be used for personal use.
   4. Supervisors have a corporate cell phone, of which they have use of twenty-four (24) hours a day, three hundred and sixty-five (365) days a year.
   5. Any Acting Supervisors shall be provided with a corporate cell phone while on duty.
2. Consecutive Trips
   Should an Employee be dispatched on consecutive trips without a break between trips, the hours of all trips shall be considered cumulative for the purpose of applying Article 30.01.
3. When an Employee is required to travel for employment reasons other than as per Article 30.01, they shall be reimbursed for all reasonable expenses supported by receipts.
4. When an Employee is required by the Employer to drive a motor vehicle, other than a motor vehicle supplied by the Employer, outside of the service area for the purposes of attending meetings or other such Employer business, a transportation allowance of fifty-seven ($0.57) per kilometer shall be paid. Supervisors may be eligible for this transportation allowance if they have used the balance of their monthly Supervisor Fuel allowance for work related travel.
5. Except when the Employee applies for a position other than the one the Employee occupies at the time of application, if the Employer requests the Employee for a driver's abstract, the cost of the driver's abstract shall be reimbursed by the Employer upon production by the Employee of proof of payment of the cost.
6. Employees traveling over two hundred (200) kilometres round-trip to work will be paid a fifty-five dollar ($55.00) travel fee. Employees will be compensated for travel limited to one claim per tour, in accordance with their regular scheduled shift pattern as outlined in Article 12.01, 12.02, 12.03 and 12.04. Supervisors may be eligible for this transportation allowance if they have used the balance of their Supervisor Fuel allowance for work related travel.
7. No employees shall be required to use their personal vehicle to conduct any Employer business, including traveling to another station while on company time unless approved by their insurance carrier. 

8. Should an Employee be directed to return any electronic equipment or medication at the end of their shift or tour, should all core/flex hours have been worked, will be provided with the equivalent of thirty (30) minutes compensation at their Basic Rate of Pay for the inconvenience of returning to the station or base (“inconvenience pay”).

   For clarification of the inconvenience pay in above does not apply to the following:

(i) Employees who have not used all their flex time in the twenty-four period immediately prior to the end of their tour;

(ii) Employees who are staying at an accommodation provided by the Employer or at the base station.