July 1, 1991
25.4.83
The grievor sought reversal of the employer's recovery of $614.80 from salary as well as payment of his travel expense claim for $722.49 in connection with an FSD 50 trip taken in March 1989.
The mission abroad paid a travel agent for two airline tickets on behalf of the grievor. The original billing to the mission, on which the travel was based, included travel to Brisbane, Australia. Those tickets were subsequently exchanged several times before the mission was billed. The invoice from the travel agency, which the mission received, exceeded the employee's FSD 50 entitlement. The grievor paid the difference although the actual travel taken had been reduced and excluded the Australian portion. Following an audit of the grievor's expense claim, the grievor was informed that the airline ticket stubs provided with his travel claim did not correspond to the amount paid by the mission. The grievor was credited with actual travel taken, as reported by the airline on the basis of the boarding passes which the employee submitted, and was requested to refund the difference.
The Administrative Committee noted that the report of the Foreign Service Directives
Committee advised that based on the documentation presented by the departmental representative, it was evident that the grievor had not made all of the relevant information available to his representative.
The Administrative Committee agreed with the report of the Foreign Service Directives
Committee in that, accepting the documentation provided by the airlines as correct, as well as the additional documentation which had been provided, the grievor had been treated within the intent of the Directive.
The grievance was denied.