Meal Benefits: Fixed Allowances, Overtime and Shared Food

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Overtime meal allowances or reimbursements qualify when work extends beyond official hours on an ad hoc basis and the policy is generally available to all staff; the source also allows a policy limited to lower-level staff. Shared pantry, meeting or celebration food is covered where most staff enjoy the benefit. Overseas business-trip meal payments follow the per diem rules. Do not apply the overtime concession to ordinary fixed monthly allowances.