Sales representatives in trade: no diet allowances and mileage payments for travel to the place of business

As is well known, field sales representatives (e.g. sales representatives) are often on the move professionally. Accordingly, this has a significant impact on their collective bargaining agreements for business trips. One Business trip is present when the employee is performing an order given to him Leaving the place of service. Following a decision of the OGH (22.10.2009, 8 ObA 60/09w), the external sales representatives covered by the collective bargaining agreement for trade workers are entitled to: Place of service even then the place of operation of the employer, if it is located outside the employee's area of responsibility. This implies that the employee is entitled to Trips from of his Place of residence to the place of business of the employer no business trip The employee is therefore not entitled to any diet allowance or mileage allowance. However, if the field service employee undertakes trips from their place of residence to their area of responsibility and that area is outside the municipality where the employer’s business premises are located, allowances and mileage allowances are to be paid based on the collective agreement for employees in trade companies.

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