At present, the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family has been working on measures related to the Act on Travel Allowances. Specifically, this concerns the adjustment of reimbursement for using a private car for business trips and an adjustment of the amounts of meal allowances for employees sent on business trips.
In relation to the development of food and non-alcoholic beverage price indices in restaurant catering, the purpose of the proposed measure is to increase the sum of meal allowances for individual trip durations as claimable compensation for employees on business trips; this shall depend on the trip durations as follows:
- business trips lasting 5 to 12 hours – an increase to €5.10 (from €4.80);
- business trips lasting 12 to 18 hours – an increase to €7.60 (from €7.10);
- business trips exceeding 18 hours – an increase to €11.60 (from €10.90);
In view of the development of the item price index associated with the running costs of motor vehicles, the measure also aims to increase the sum of basic reimbursement as claimable compensation for employees sent on business trips. The measures increase the sum of reimbursement for one kilometre as follows:
- for two- and three-wheeled vehicles, an increase to €0.053 (from €0.050);
- for passenger cars, an increase to €0.193 (for €0.183).
The above-mentioned measure on reimbursement for using a car for business trips will take effect beginning 1 June 2019. The measure on change in meal allowances was not announced yet, however, should take effect beginning 1 July 2019.
