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If your company is requiring you to attend a conference, are they obligated to pay for your plane ticket or mileage to travel to the location if it is out of state? I thought so, as my company does that but a neighbor is claiming that hers refused to reimburse her for mileage or pay for her plane ticket...anyone know if this is a policy determined by each company or if there are state laws pertaining to this at all? Because, I think it is insane that they require her to travel somewhere, yet will only pay for the conference and hotel expenses when she has to travel over over 400 miles to get to the conference!
Seems pretty wacky to me. If any company said that to me my initial reaction would be to say I'm not going.
No kidding. If one goes on company related travel, it is expected thatthe company would cover the costs. Now, if a company offers to pay for some fees related to optional trips (such as conferences) that employees may choose to (optionally) attend, that is a different matter
In either case, the company should have a travel policy that spells all of this out.
I'm thinking we are missing part of the story here.
A company can stipulate what they will pay for - so many miles out of their 'territory.' I think mine was 50 - 75 miles. Is the conference mandatory or is this something work related but electively selected to attend by her? Also, if she itemizes her federal taxes all those expenses are deductable as business expenses.
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That does sound odd, unless the person is on a written contract that calls for them to travel at their own expense. I don't think there's a law on it but the employer could likely be sued if they fired a person for refusal to make a such a trip without paying or reimbursing.
I have a conference coming up and was given a credit card for the airfare, lodging, meals, cab/rental car, even tips and any other
expenses. At a previous job they paid for and booked the room and flight, I had to pay for the rest and save receipts to get reimbursed.
It depends, if the person is a independent contractor, then she would be responsible for those costs. Also, if you went to a conference, even if they told you to go, but you did not fill out the correct paperwork, and stay at the correct hotels, using the correct credit card, it can all be denied.
I am wondering about the written contract...will have to check with her on that one. It just doesn't seem real that there would ever be any contract that would still force someone to pay to go to a meeting...but I guess if you sign it then it is what it is. Good to see that this appears to be the exception...
Wow, I've never been at a company that was that cheap, matter of fact I've been somewhat shocked at how much money I've made by travel a couple hundred miles.
Good grief, I work for one of the cheapest companies in existence, and they pay for travel if we van pool 30+ miles away... minimage wage after the first hour, because that's what the law requires
Of course if it's an employment contract, then the complaint seems silly, since you agreed to it up front.
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