Claim for Taxicab Fares Between Residence and Official Duty Station
Highlights
A claimant requested reimbursement for expenses incurred for taxicab fares and tips between his residence and official duty station for 1 month while recuperating from personal injuries sustained in a plane crash while on official duty. As an established rule, an employee must bear the cost of transportation between his residence and the place of duty. A limited exception to this rule states that an employee may be reimbursed for taxicab fares if he is dependent on public transportation for such travel incident to officially ordered work outside the regular working hours and when travel is during hours of infrequently scheduled public transportation or darkness. The claimant was not able to work a full 8-hour day due to his injuries. Accordingly, the claim for reimbursement was not certified for payment.