Reimbursement of Expenses

Child and Dependant Adult Care

1. Reasonable childcare and dependant adult expenses incurred by Members during scheduled Branch meetings of Committees, Board and the Executive Committee held during evenings or on weekends will be reimbursed by the Branch, up to a maximum of $40 per day.
2. Childcare expenses may be claimed only for dependant children.
3. Except with prior leave of the Treasurer, the care must be provided by a non-family member.
4. Receipts for actual expenditures must be attached to each claim for reimbursement, and each receipt must specify the date and times worked by the caregiver on each day, the name and address of the caregiver and the names of the children or dependant adult cared for.
5. Reasonable childcare and dependant adult expenses incurred by Members during scheduled Section meetings held during evenings or on weekends may be reimbursed by a Section on the same basis, provided the reimbursement of such expenses has been budgeted for in the Section’s budget and approved of by the Section’s executive.
6. The Executive Director may make exceptions to this policy when it is considered to be in the best interests of the Branch.