Administration Manual - B.E.S.T. Undertaking.

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godowns and detained there, thus depriving them of their normal
lunch hours;
iii] Outdoor staff travelling long distance into suburbs (beyond
Mahim and Sion and vice versa) for cutting trees, erection and
maintenance of traffic shelters, queue barriers, etc. or required
to do work of an emergency nature necessitating their absence
from their usual place of work during their normal recess;
iv] Those on shift duties who are required without prior
arrangement intimation, to work two complete consecutive shifts.
v] Employees in receipt of overtime, when they work for more than
5 hrs. continuously before or after their normal duty hours, and
A and B Grade Officers when they are called upon to work for
more than 10 hrs. shifts except those who are otherwise
compensated by Special or Compensatory Pay/ Allowance for
such attendance;
vi] To one Conductor and one Driver per reserved bus booked for
more than 8 hours a day.
Provided that the allowance is not paid for more than three
consecutive days in one instance under clauses ii) and iii) above
save Accident Inspectors who are required to attend courts.
Heads of Departments should certify on the meal allowance form
whether is essentially indoor or outdoor.
In other cases, at the discretion of the General Manager or Dy. General
Manager, when the Undertaking’s staff are called upon to duties which
might involve them in undue out of pocket expenses or inconvenience,
dislocation or loss in respect of their mid-evening meals.
If the employees are given at least 3 days’ prior notice will have to work
at a place of work other than their own for 7 days or more, they will not
be entitled to meal allowance.
The Internal Audit Department scrutinized all claims of meal
allowance, particularly those relating to the staff where essentially