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Travel and Expense Policy

Travel Policy

General information

  • This policy is only valid for DE operations staff, especially Regional, Cluster and Hub-Managers.

  • Travel costs for visits within your place/city of contract are not covered for e.g. when you are in charge of two Hubs in Berlin.

  • Travel costs for visits outside your place/city of contract are – in 1.2 defined.

  • Transportation policies – covered, e.g. you are in charge of one Hub in Kaiserslautern (city of contract) and Mainz (additional Hub).

Transportation Policy

  • Every business commute needs to be done with local and/or regional public transportation.

  • Standard booking is second class, first class tickets are not covered.

  • Travel costs exceeding 120,00€ need to be approved in written format by general management (Fabian v. Hardenberg, Kevin Miler/ Sarah Rose). Business commutes without approval won’t be reimbursed. Approval requests need to be submitted at least 72 hours in advance.

  • Transportation with private or rental cars need to be approved in written format by general management (Fabian v. Hardenberg Esch, Kevin Miler/ Sarah Rose). Business commutes without approval won’t be reimbursed. Approval requests need to be submitted at least 48 hours in advance.

  • If other transportation means (e.g. flights) are cheaper, they can be preferred.

Business commutes to Flink Headquarters (Berlin)

Travel policy for DE operations leadership (Regional, City- and Hub management)

  • Business commutes to Berlin headquarter need to be approved in written format by general management (Fabian v. Hardenberg), business commutes without approval won’t be reimbursed.

  • Standard, centrally organized, quarterly meet-ups can be considered as an exception and do not require individual alignment with organizers.

Travel policy for regional Rider Ops Managers (“ROMs”)

  • Travel budget contains 2x business commute to Berlin headquarter per year.

  • Quarterly budget covers following expenses:

    • Travel: ~100,00€ business commute;

    • Overnight stay: ~150,00€ for 2x nights;

    • Overall budget: 800,00€ per year.

  • In case of provision of additional meals during the day, the per diem rate for the respective day must be adjusted accordingly.

Reimbursement of privately paid expenses

Food costs reimbursement

  • Use of per diem (daily allowance) functionality only to cover food cost expenses incurred during the business trip / project.

  • No meal receipts will be reimbursed.

  • For group meals please check the policy on refundable / non-refundable items below.

  • In case of provision of additional meals during the day, the per diem rate for the respective day must be adjusted accordingly:

    • Breakfast provided: -20%;

    • Lunch provided: -40%;

    • Dinner provided: -40%.

  • Per diem should be requested via the standard Flink expense management tool.

Per diem per destination irrespective of the departure country origin

  • Trips of 24 hours and more will be granted with €28.

  • Trips between 8 and 24 hours will be granted with €14.

  • Meals received during the day are to be deducted from the uniform per diem rate.

  • The total allowance is split between breakfast, lunch and dinner (20/40/40 ratio).

  • No per diem for trips less than 8 hour.

Other non-refundable items

  • Receipts for meals / beverages except group dinner with a given business purpose and a list of participants.

  • Travel between home and primary place of work and associated costs (e.g. Uber /taxi costs, parking tickets or fees).

  • Hub equipment (needs to be ordered through Coupa).

  • Fines for traffic violations.

  • Gasoline for privately used cars.

Submission, payment and storage of receipts

  • You have 4 weeks’ time for the submission of a receipt for reimbursement from the date when an expense has been incurred. In case of a later submission of a receipt an expense may not be reimbursed.

  • A company is obliged to store receipts for 10 years. We don’t regulate the private storage of receipts.

  • Every invoice needs to be addressed to the Flink central company address. Invoices, which are not addressed to the following address, won’t be reimbursed:

    • Flink SE, c/o (your name), Brunnenstraße 19-21, 10119 Berlin.

  • In case of questions or doubt regarding the Expense Policy and Procedures you may reach out to [email protected].

Team Events / Feel-Good Budgets for DE operations leadership

  • This policy is only valid for Regional- and City Managers and Regional Rider Operations Managers - not including Riders, Ops Associates and Shift Leads.

  • The budget for 2 team-events per year covers 70,00€ per present person for each event.

  • Any further team-events/ budgets need to be approved in written format by general management ( Fabian v. Hardenberg).

  • All expenses need to be handed in by one single person.

Team Events/ Feel Good Budgets for DE operations Hub employees

Team Events / Feel-Good Budgets for DE operations leadership

  • This policy is only valid for Regional-Managers and Cluster-Leads - not including Riders, Ops Associates and Shift Leads.

    • The budget for 2 team-events per year covers 70,00€ per present person for each event.

    • Any further team-events/ budgets need to be approved in written format by general management (Fabian v. Hardenberg).

    • All expenses need to be handed in by one single person.

Team-Events/ Feel-Good Budgets for DE operations Hub employees

  • This policy is only valid for Hub team events including the Hub Manager and the Hub team (Shift Leads, Ops Associates, Riders) - external staff (e.g. zenjob, jobvalley) are not included.

    • The budget for 2 team-events per year contains 15,00€ per present person for each event.

    • Any further team-events/ budgets need to be approved in written format by general management (Fabian v. Hardenberg).

    • All expenses need to be handed in by one single person.

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