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  1. cchan cchan is offline

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    May 31st, 2012 (5/31/2012 2:37pm)

    Just a question for you guys who travel for work.

    My company we don't travel for work much. However I had to send an employee to a convention for 2 days. Friday / Saturday. Normal work week includes saturday.

    What is normal compensation?
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    May 31st, 2012 (5/31/2012 2:40pm) in reply to cchan

    their expenses. Just hand employee your business CC and have them charge gas/food/hotel to that card, and bring back receipts. If you don't trust them you can check the history on your statements.
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    May 31st, 2012 (5/31/2012 2:44pm) in reply to sean614

    I travel for work and I put all my travel charges on my personal credit card to build up points. Airfare, hotel, transportation to and from airport, and food. When my travel is complete I submit all of my receipts to get reimbursed on the next pay period. When I travel for company related training we have a limit on how much can be expensed per meal.
    Edited By: mdshack14 May 31st, 2012 at 02:46 PM
     
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    May 31st, 2012 (5/31/2012 2:46pm) in reply to mdshack14

     
    Originally Posted by mdshack14 View Post

    I travel for work and I put all my travel charges on my personal credit card to build up points. Airfare, hotel, transportation to and from airport, and food. When my travel is complete I submit all of my receipts to get reimbursed on the next pay period.

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    May 31st, 2012 (5/31/2012 2:47pm) in reply to Glo4m

    Reimburse for Bud Light. If they only drink craft beer they can obviously afford it themselves.
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    May 31st, 2012 (5/31/2012 3:02pm) in reply to rocket5

    mdshack hit it on the head. Definitely put a limit on food BEFORE he goes otherwise he's bringing back $200 dinner receipts. The IRS has a Per Diem rate they suggest, my company uses that

    http://www.gsa.gov/portal/category/21287
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    May 31st, 2012 (5/31/2012 3:25pm) in reply to kdunlapmo

    other than expenses ie hotel, food, travel. Which I covered already.

    Since they are an hourly employee. Are we supposed to pay him extra? Or just the standards day pay.

    Sorry if i wasn't clear the 1st time.
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    May 31st, 2012 (5/31/2012 3:40pm) in reply to cchan

    I dont see why he should get more than regular pay+expenses

    unless it was like a bonus thing for him to go then kick him back an extra days pay
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    May 31st, 2012 (5/31/2012 3:47pm) in reply to cchan

     
    Originally Posted by cchan View Post

    other than expenses ie hotel, food, travel. Which I covered already.

    Since they are an hourly employee. Are we supposed to pay him extra? Or just the standards day pay.

    Sorry if i wasn't clear the 1st time.

    no, if those are days he would normally work, normal pay
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    May 31st, 2012 (5/31/2012 4:26pm) in reply to Glo4m

    I guess i'm lazy - i have two company credit cards that i use for all my travel expenses including flights, hotels, meals. I don't want to book shit on my personal cards and then go through the monthly bills to submit chits to the company for reimbursment. Nobody has ever questioned me about how much i spend on meals while i'm travelling. I'm probably not spending enough.

    edit - i don't get paid anything extra for travelling, but it's part of my compensation. The only thing i do keep track of is extra travel days on weekends - i use them as lieu days eventually.
    Edited By: saxman May 31st, 2012 at 04:28 PM
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    May 31st, 2012 (5/31/2012 4:33pm) in reply to cchan

    You should compensate for his friday night imo.
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    May 31st, 2012 (5/31/2012 6:01pm) in reply to rocket5

     
    Originally Posted by rocket5 View Post

    Reimburse for Bud Light. If they only drink craft beer they can obviously afford it themselves.


    DING...thats right
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    May 31st, 2012 (5/31/2012 6:05pm) in reply to jhubb

    If he's driving pay him mileage. Not fair to just pay for the gas. And all other expenses obv.
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    May 31st, 2012 (5/31/2012 6:06pm) in reply to jhubb

    Also, if he's hourly tell him to send you over the hours he worked, just like usual.
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    May 31st, 2012 (5/31/2012 6:12pm) in reply to dams

    I get sent to Ireland 2 times a year for a month at a time to train people. During that time I put all expenses on a company CC and get paid time and a half while I'm there with a travel bonus.
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    May 31st, 2012 (5/31/2012 11:10pm) in reply to Glo4m

     
    Originally Posted by Glo4m View Post

    no, if those are days he would normally work, normal pay

    He should get paid for travel time as well as any time he's working - I'm sure he'll be putting in longer hours than normal.
     
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    May 31st, 2012 (5/31/2012 11:49pm) in reply to time4badbeat

    i travel using a government posted per diem rate. this is paid in cash up front and is only for food. it can vary from $50 to $250 a day depending on the country. i get paid for hours worked and a full days pay for travel each way, sometimes 2 travel days if going to africa or asia. all expenses i accumulate are paid when i get home. if it's a long trip i will get "expense money" to cover everything from laundry to schmoozing gov guys. i have a lot of expenses that i don't get receipts for, but my boss understands the situation.
    Edited By: BulldogCafe May 31st, 2012 at 11:50 PM
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    Jun 1st, 2012 (6/1/2012 12:35am) in reply to BulldogCafe

    BulldogCafe you may want to read this - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign..._Practices_Act
     
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    Jun 1st, 2012 (6/1/2012 1:07am) in reply to time4badbeat

    i appreciate the heads up, my definition of schmoozing is fairly tame. i will occasionally buy dinner, but the favor is often returned. and obviously i would never do this in the united states of america, because that would be wrong.
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    Jun 1st, 2012 (6/1/2012 1:27am) in reply to BulldogCafe

    give him a meal per diem rather than make him save receipts. http://www.gsa.gov/portal/category/21287
    reimburse actual costs of reasonable hotel
    pay for full cost of air travel, or 55.5 cents/mile driven.
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