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TRAVEL ALLOWANCE [12 records]

Record 1 2022-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
  • Labour and Employment
CONT

[University staff] may be eligible for a removal grant toward necessarily and reasonably incurred expenses for moving to [another city], based on removal from the place of residence.... An employee who received a [travel allowance] is not eligible to receive a removal grant...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
  • Travail et emploi

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Employment Benefits
  • Public Service
  • Military Administration
OBS

The term "home leave travel assistance" is to be avoided because it is not the correct name for this kind of allowance.

OBS

home leave travel allowance; HLTA : term and abbreviation officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Avantages sociaux
  • Fonction publique
  • Administration militaire
OBS

indemnité de retour au domicile; IRD : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 3 2019-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Administration
  • Military Finances
DEF

An allowance for various and sundry inconveniences arising from duty travel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration militaire
  • Finances militaires
DEF

Indemnité pour les inconvénients divers et variés découlant d'un déplacement en service commandé.

Spanish

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Record 4 2019-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
  • Scientific Research
CONT

The research and travel allowance is intended as a small grant to the fellow.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
  • Recherche scientifique

Spanish

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Record 5 2008-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Working Practices and Conditions
  • Employment Benefits
  • Diplomacy
CONT

Some union representatives recommend providing the following incentives : isolation pay, market adjustment pay... a medical travel allowance and flexible working hours.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Régimes et conditions de travail
  • Avantages sociaux
  • Diplomatie
CONT

Une entente de principe a été conclue concernant toute une série d'améliorations à apporter à la convention collective, notamment au chapitre des congés annuels, des congés spéciaux, des congés de maladie, du congé de maternité et du congé parental, de l'administration de la paye, de la disponibilité, de l'allocation de voyage pour soins médicaux, de la dotation, du partage d'emploi et des allocations de formation.

Spanish

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Record 6 2006-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)
DEF

Funds given to a worker before being earned or used such as an advance against salary or a travel allowance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)
DEF

Versement, à sa demande, d'une part ou de la totalité du salaire d'un employé avant le jour régulier de paye.

OBS

Réservée à des cas spéciaux et occasionnels, cette pratique permet au salarié de satisfaire à un besoin personnel, urgent et fortuit.

Spanish

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Record 7 2001-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Employment Benefits
  • Public Service
DEF

[An] allowance paid to employees when required to work other than normal hours and who must travel to or from their homes when convenient public transportation or other transportation facilities are not available.

OBS

transportation allowance: term and definition officially approved by Treasury Board Secretariat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Avantages sociaux
  • Fonction publique
DEF

Remboursement des frais de transport d'[un employé qui est tenu] de travailler en dehors de ses heures de travail normales et qui ne peut emprunter d'autres moyens ou des moyens commodes de transport public pour voyager à destination ou en provenance de son domicile.

OBS

indemnité de transport : terme et définition uniformisés par le Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Beneficios sociales
  • Función pública
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Record 8 1993-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)
  • Police
CONT

It was learned that members of the Armed Forces and other Police Departments enjoy various allowances while serving on peace-keeping duties and as a result, it was learned that Compensation Branch had already made efforts to secure these allowances for our members. The various allowances include mission subsistence allowance, foreign service premium, post differential allowance, hostility bonus. Our members may also be eligible for vacation travel, family reunion assistance, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)
  • Police

Spanish

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Record 9 1991-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Employment Benefits
  • Federal Administration
CONT

When sleeping accommodation is authorized and used an employee shall be paid an incidental expense allowance for each day or part day in travel status.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Avantages sociaux
  • Administration fédérale
CONT

Lorsque le logement est autorisé et utilisé pour la nuit (...) l'employé touche une indemnité de faux frais pour chaque jour ou partie de jour passé en voyage.

Spanish

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Record 10 1990-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)
  • Public Service
CONT

For each full calendar day in travel status... when commercial accommodation is authorized and used, an employee shall be paid a composite allowance... as reimbursement for his reasonable costs for meals and incidental expenses.

OBS

composite allowance: term and definition officially approved by Treasury Board Secretariat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)
  • Fonction publique
OBS

indemnité mixte : terme uniformisé par le Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor.

DEF

Dans l'administration publique fédérale, indemnité qu'un employé perçoit correspondant aux jours qu'il passe en voyage en logeant dans un établissement commercial.

Spanish

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Record 11 1987-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Administration
  • Public Service
CONT

Allowances for travel abroad. Incidental expense allowances are calculated as a sum equal to 25 per cent of each location's meal allowance when commercial accommodation is occupied...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration fédérale
  • Fonction publique

Spanish

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Record 12 1980-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collective Agreements and Bargaining
OBS

"... he shall, where a travel allowance is specified below, qualify for such travel allowance... ".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conventions collectives et négociations
OBS

«...il a droit à une indemnité de déplacement dans les cas prévus ci-après...».

Spanish

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