January
2002
Volume 1 Issue 3
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January
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Travel There have been some important changes in regards to travel for all
Frank Orth & Associates employees. This changes went into effect
January 1. These changes were initiated to help control rising travel
cost and because of employee requests. Requests for travel accommodations (air, hotel, etc.) must now be
documented on a travel request form and have your project leader’s
signature, indicating their approval of your travel. Travel request
forms were mailed out in December. If you did not get one, please
contact Gene Gordon. This form will need to be faxed into FOA Corporate
Offices, with your project leader’s approval before travel
arrangements are made. Because airlines now charge for changes, once arrangements are made,
they are final. If you need to change your arrangements you will need
your project leader to approve the changes stating that the changes are
due to government business. If your supervisor will not authorize the
changes, then you will be responsible for the expenses incurred in
changing your reservations. You also have the option of having all lodging cost billed directly
to FOA, instead of being reimbursed for these expenses. Please let us
know if you wish to exercise this option when making your request for
travel arrangements. We had hoped to be able to set up direct billing for car rental.
Unfortunately, in checking with major car rental companies, due to the
low dollar volume of car rentals, we are unable to set this up. Car
rental procedures will remain the same. Lunch Breaks We want to thank you for your cooperation in making lunch breaks less
of an issue. However there are still issues that need clarification. If
you work more than five hours, you must take a half hour lunch break,
off the clock. No exceptions. And this break needs to be indicated
on your timesheet. If you work more than five hours and do not take a
lunch break, the government will only pay for five hours. Please
understand that the required lunch break is not the rules of FOA, NOAA,
or NMFS. It is the state law. W-2 Forms Like it or not, tax time is here again. Your W-2 form will be sent to
you sometime in late January upon receipt from Paychex, our payroll
processing company. If you do not receive your W-2 form by late January,
please contact FOA office immediately.
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