APUO Bulletin

Remboursement des dépenses professionnelles

Le Service des ressources humaines enverra d’ici quelques semaines les formules de déclaration pour le remboursement des dépenses professionnelles en 2002. Au volet achat de matériel à l’aide des fonds du RDP, les membres de l’APUO ne doivent pas oublier que le remboursement n’est pas considéré comme un avantage imposable si le matériel est utilisé à des fins liées à l’emploi seulement. Dans le cas de la déclaration 2001 que les membres ont été invités à remplir en juillet, si vous avez considéré du matériel qui n’est pas utilisé à des fins liées à l’emploi comme dépense admissible, vous devriez donc communiquer avec le Service des ressources humaines parce qu’il faudra peut-être remplir une déclaration modifiée pour 2001. Si votre déclaration ciblait d’autres genres de dépenses admissibles, cet avis de prudence ne vous intéresse pas.

Professional expense reimbursement

In a few weeks, Human Resources will be sending out the declaration forms for the 2002 Professional Expense Reimbursement.  With respect to the purchase of equipment using PER funds, APUO members are reminded that in order for the reimbursement not to be considered a taxable benefit, the equipment should be used for employment-related purposes only.  In the case of the 2001 declaration, which members were requested to fill out in July, if you considered equipment that is not being used for employment-related purposes as an eligible expense, then you should contact Human Resources about the possible need to complete an amended declaration for 2001.  If your declaration was based on other kinds of eligible expenses, then this cautionary note need not concern you.

Dial-up access to the University computer for the use of e-mail and the Internet

The employer provides APUO members and other University employees with access to the Internet and to University e-mail accounts via a telephone modem connection (from home and elsewhere).  Some complaints have been received from APUO members that they are having trouble getting online in this way.  It appears that some employees (or family and friends of employees) have been using this access number to surf the Web for personal entertainment, thus preventing employees with employment-related business from getting their work done.  This is simply to remind members that the telephone access number should be used by employees only and for work-related reasons only. (For additional information see User Code of Conduct for Computing Resources, http://www.uottawa.ca/help/about/code.html )