Oct 22nd, 2009 by paymaster
The followings question has been asked by a subscriber:
If your employer pays $55.00 a day for away from home meal allowance has he the right to say how it is spent, eg Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner?
My initial response would be that the employer can make some recommendations but ultimately it was up to the employee what they spent the allowance on.
I assume that in this case the employee is not claiming for meals any other way. I know my sister used to work for Air NZ as an Air Hostess and was given such an allowance and it was totally at her discretion what she spend it on.
So to be 100% certain I would look at the terms of your contract (which I assume you have), and if it does not outline anything the best thing would be to ring the Labour Department and ask them.
Perhaps others might have an alternative viewpoint.
Tags: meal allowances
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Meal Allowances
Oct 22nd, 2009 by paymaster
The followings question has been asked by a subscriber:
My initial response would be that the employer can make some recommendations but ultimately it was up to the employee what they spent the allowance on.
I assume that in this case the employee is not claiming for meals any other way. I know my sister used to work for Air NZ as an Air Hostess and was given such an allowance and it was totally at her discretion what she spend it on.
So to be 100% certain I would look at the terms of your contract (which I assume you have), and if it does not outline anything the best thing would be to ring the Labour Department and ask them.
Perhaps others might have an alternative viewpoint.
Tags: meal allowances
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