20.09.2022

MEAL VOUCHERS WHILE ON HOLIDAY

Meal vouchers are provided under conditions agreed between the employer and the employee representative(s) and/or the representative(s) of the nationally represented trade union organizations in the enterprise.

Through meal vouchers, the employer provides persons working under employment and management contracts, hereinafter referred to as "beneficiaries", with means of food separately from their remuneration. The provided food vouchers are a means of exchange through which users receive food and food items against the face value of the vouchers at restaurants, fast food outlets, as well as food outlets including grocery stores, supermarkets, hypermarkets, etc., operating in accordance with the requirements of the Food Law. The provision of food vouchers can be carried out with the funds for the socio-domestic and cultural services of workers and employees, since food vouchers are social benefits provided in kind to workers and employees when they are provided in the order and manner defined in the law.

Vouchers can only be provided for the days on which the employees actually worked, if this is explicitly recorded in the decision of the general assembly of employees. Upon termination of the employment relationship or the management contract, any user who has received meal vouchers is required to return the unused vouchers to the employer. The employer does not owe meal vouchers for the period from the date of dismissal to the date of the person's reinstatement.

Reference:

Art. 2, para. 1, Art. 14 of Ordinance No. 7 of 09.07.2003 on the terms and conditions for issuing and revoking a permit to operate as a food voucher operator and to operate as an operator,

Art. 294, Art. 293 of the Labor Code