11.05.2023
WE MAY NO LONGER VERIFY THE COMMANDER WHEN TRAVELING
In March 2023, a number of changes were made to the Ordinance on business trips in the country. After about 20 years of waiting, the amount of funds that the seconded person receives when fulfilling his commitments outside the territory of his place of work was increased.
Along with this, however, a number of other changes were made related to the way business trips are organized and reported. One of them is that the need to certify the order with the signature of an authorized official at the place of posting is determined by the employer.
This means that at the request of the employer, the worker or employee on a business trip may not "stamp" the business trip document, which is a great relief when performing tasks in another populated place.
What are the other important amendments to the Ordinance on business trips in the country?
The first important change is in the texts that indicate what should be included in the posting order. It is required to specify:
- the name of the enterprise and the official who issued the order;
- the three names and position of the seconded person; the place of posting;
- the task for which the person is seconded; the duration of the business trip; the per diem, travel and accommodation allowances to which the seconded person is entitled;
- the method of travel and other data that are important for determining the right and amount of travel allowance;
- the type of report on the work performed;
- the need to certify the order with the signature of an authorized official at the place of secondment.
After the changes in the law, when the business trip order states that the business traveler travels with a personal motor vehicle, travel money is paid equal to the equivalent of the fuel consumed according to cost norms determined by the manufacturer of the motor vehicle, for a combined mode of movement ( urban and suburban).
In these cases, the order for a business trip must include the data on the type and brand of the personal motor vehicle, on the consumption, type and price of fuel, on the route and the distances in kilometers on the road network, along which the travel money is established. And when other seconded persons travel with the seconded person, the seconded person pays travel money only to him.
Also, those posted for more than 1 month are allowed to return at their request to the place of their permanent work at least once a month during one of the days off and holidays, with their travel expenses being paid.
With regard to the fixed amounts of per diems for business trips, at the discretion of the seconding party, another collective body for the management of the enterprise or when this is agreed in a collective labor agreement or in an agreement with a trade union organization of civil servants, the people on business trips are paid daily money in the amount of up to 200 per cent of their amount specified in the regulation.
Per diems are not paid for official use of a full-day free meal at the place of business trip. Accommodation fees are also not paid when a free night is used at the place of the business trip. The budgetary organizations already pay travel money in the amounts determined according to the regulation and within the funds approved for this purpose with the budgets and estimates for the accounts for funds from the European Union for the relevant year.
Reference:
Art. 9, Art. 13, Art. 18, Art. 21, Art. 23, Art. 27, Art. 30 of the Ordinance on business trips in the country
