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Questions for the admin gurus. Some of my folks are getting denied what I consider fair entitlements and the Wing Comptroller is being stubborn to be polite.
Domestic TD with overnight in a place where no quarters are available. Commercial accommodation is authorized but given the last minute nature of most of our TDs, I do not select, as the approving authority, their accomodation. I trust they will take the most practical and economical ones.
The situation is that more often than not, people pay more than the negotiated rate in the PSPC Accommodation and Car Rental Directory despite asking for Canadian government rate, but always below the city rate limit. When comes claim time, FSAs tell them: "Sorry, you only get X. Call the hotel to the difference back."
These claims always inevitably come back to me when tons of justification that I do not consider necessary given they paid less than the city rate limit. It is taking my and everyone in between’s time away from meaningful work. When we do business planning, we always consider the city rate limit so that’s no factor for me on that side.
When I read para 7.02(3), the first test of reasonableness is
I have two questions:
1- Is my interpretation wrong?
2- If it is wrong, what can I do to avoid having to authorize every single claim with a hotel above the negotiated rate?
The HR cost alone exceeds what the CAF ends up not saving, not to mention the opportunity cost.
Any tangible evidence would be great (adjudication from
DCBA, grievance, etc).
Domestic TD with overnight in a place where no quarters are available. Commercial accommodation is authorized but given the last minute nature of most of our TDs, I do not select, as the approving authority, their accomodation. I trust they will take the most practical and economical ones.
The situation is that more often than not, people pay more than the negotiated rate in the PSPC Accommodation and Car Rental Directory despite asking for Canadian government rate, but always below the city rate limit. When comes claim time, FSAs tell them: "Sorry, you only get X. Call the hotel to the difference back."
These claims always inevitably come back to me when tons of justification that I do not consider necessary given they paid less than the city rate limit. It is taking my and everyone in between’s time away from meaningful work. When we do business planning, we always consider the city rate limit so that’s no factor for me on that side.
When I read para 7.02(3), the first test of reasonableness is
- the "within city rate limit" for a single guest room at an accommodation that is both selected by the approving authority and listed in the PSPC Accommodation and Car Rental Directory , as amended from time to time;
I have two questions:
1- Is my interpretation wrong?
2- If it is wrong, what can I do to avoid having to authorize every single claim with a hotel above the negotiated rate?
The HR cost alone exceeds what the CAF ends up not saving, not to mention the opportunity cost.
Any tangible evidence would be great (adjudication from
DCBA, grievance, etc).