Do you know that staff and faculty are to receive mileage when traveling between the main UFV campuses, or to other locations within or outside the UFV region? Your assigned campus is based on where you work 50% of the time or more.
The FSA has recently learned that UFV has not been assigning a home campus to all employees and are requiring employees to report to other UFV campuses without mileage compensation as per our Article 23.2, Mileage, in the Collective Agreement (see full Article copied below).
We want to hear from you! Please let us know If you have been requested to report to multiple campuses and refused mileage and/or your employee contract has more than one campus assigned by emailing [email protected]
ARTICLE 23: ALLOWANCES/DEDUCTIONS
23.1 Travel Requirements
Duties may require employees to travel between the main UFV campuses, or to other locations within or outside the UFV region.
The University being a multi-campus institution, all employees are obliged to arrange for transportation, since they may be expected to teach or work at one or more of the University campuses or other locations where University business is conducted.
Required travel does not include the mileage employees travel in arriving at work and returning home from their place of work.
Expenses for travel required by UFV, including reasonable accommodation and meal expenses in emergency situations, will be paid to employees in accordance with this article.
23.2 Mileage
(a) Employees required to use private vehicles for UFV business will be reimbursed at the rate of fifty cents (50) cents per kilometre effective September 1, 2008. Effective the first pay period after March 31, 2016, the rate will be fifty-two cents ($0.52) per kilometre. Effective the first pay period after March 31, 2017, the rate will be fifty-three cents ($0.53) per kilometre. Effective the first pay period after March 31, 2018, the rate will be fifty-four cents ($0.54) per kilometre.
Only mileage actually traveled will be eligible for compensation.
All mileage for which a claim is made must be approved by the employee’s immediate supervisor.
(b) UFV will purchase the difference between business insurance and regular insurance for employees who are normally required to travel on UFV business more than four (4) times per month. This includes those faculty who travel between campuses to teach, etc.
(c) Type A and B and Limited Term employees will be assigned a home campus as their designated place of work. For the purposes of mileage calculation, Sessionals teaching a 50% or greater annual duty load in two consecutive semesters will be assigned to the campus where the majority of their teaching load will take place. Type D employees and Sessionals teaching a less than 50% duty load (semester based) do not get mileage to travel between campuses.
In Solidarity,
Margaret Nickelchok Staff Contract Administrator | UFV Faculty & Staff Association