Los Angeles Municipal Code Art. 1 Payment for Travel of Certain Employees from Their Homes to Temporary

JOB LOCATION AND FROM JOB-TO-JOB LOCATIONS*

• Title of Article 1 amended by Ord. No. 141,335, Eff. 12-17-70.

Section 4.220 Definitions. 4.221 Authority for Travel Compensation. 4.221.1 Job-to-Job Compensation. 4.222 Rate of Payment. 4.222.1 Job-to-Job Reimbursement. 4.222.2 Maximum Reimbursement. 4.223 Travel Between Home and Headquarters. 4.224 Temporary Assignment Becoming Permanent. 4.225 Applicability of Article. 4.226 Forms Required.

The words and terms defined in this section shall have the following meaning as used in this article:

(a) “Temporary Assignment” shall mean a work assignment to a location other than headquarters lasting for a period of 30 days

or less.

(b) “Headquarters” shall mean those places and assignment to which an officer or employee is required to report for instructions such as the City Hall or any of its branches, various departmental or divisional yards, plants or stations or similar places of assignment.

(c) “Department” shall mean any department, bureau or office of the government of the City of Los Angeles, except those

departments which, under the charter, have control of their own definite revenues or funds.

(d) “Job-to-Job” shall mean the change within a work day from one work assignment location to another requiring travel.

(e) A “split shift” shall mean a day’s work consisting of nonconsecutive hours, of two or more working periods, separated by a

period of time in excess of two hours, exclusive of meal periods or rest periods.

SECTION HISTORY

Based on Ord. No. 122,317. Amended by: Ord. No. 141,335, Eff. 1-17-71; Subsec. (e), added by Ord. No. 157,181, Eff. 10-21-82, Oper. 7-1-82.

No officer or employee of the City shall be compensated for travel between the officer’s or employee’s home and headquarters except as provided in Section 85.05 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code.

SECTION HISTORY

Based on Ord. No. 122,137. Amended by: Ord. No. 141,335, Eff. 1-17-71; Ord. No.165,929, Eff.6-5-90.

If any officer or employee who is eligible for payment for travel under the provisions of this article continues to report directly from the officer’s or employee’s home to a temporary assignment for more than 30 days, such assignment shall be deemed thereafter to be permanent and no further payment for travel shall be allowed to the officer or employee while the officer or employee is working on such assignment.

SECTION HISTORY

Based on Ord. No. 122,137.

The provisions of this article shall apply to temporary and job-to-job assignments of work on any day during the week, including Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, regardless of what hour an officer or employee is required to report for work. No payment under this article shall be made to any person who uses a city-owned vehicle or who is reimbursed for transportation expenses under Article 2 of this chapter for travel between the person’s home and a temporary assignment.

SECTION HISTORY

Based on Ord. No. 122,137. Amended by: Ord. No. 141,335, Eff. 1-17-71.

The Director of the Office of Administrative and Research Services with the approval of the Controller shall prescribe the report or other forms to be used as a basis for payment under this article.

SECTION HISTORY

Based on Ord. No. 122,137. Amended by: Ord. No. 141,335, Eff. 1-17-71; Ord. No. 173,308, Eff. 6-30-00, Oper. 7-1-00.