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IMPROVEMENTS FOR NEARBY & DISTANT HIRES

Per Diem total daily amount increased $2.50 (new amount of $47.50 per day).

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2006

Living Allowance increased $1 each year (by the third year, the allowance was $56/day and $392/week)

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2012

Added language that clarifies there are no more than two idle days in a workweek when on a distant location.

Living allowance 
increased to $5 per day in years one and two and $10 a day in year three of the agreement (by the third year, the allowance was $76/day $532/week).

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2021

2001

Per Diem dinner amount increased $3 (new dinner amount of $29.00 per day).

Living Allowance increased $8 over the term of the Agreement (by 2008, the allowance was $53/day and $371/week).


Added travel time for nearby hires at the beginning and end of production.

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2009

Per Diem increased $3 per day in the first year of the agreement for a total of $53.50 per day.

Recognition of work performed outside the U.S. when an employee is traveled from an ASA jurisdiction and provided benefit contributions.

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2018

Per Diem increased to $59.50 (an addition $6 per day in year one).

Living allowance increased to $91/day ($637/week). Living Allowance more than doubled since 2001 and increased 63% since 2018.

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AREA STANDARD AGREEMENT PAST PRIORITIES

Read more about how these provisions have changed in recent years.

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