Should Employees Get Extra for Conveyance and Lunch if It's Already in Their CTC?

Dear Experts,

Please clarify whether the local conveyance and lunch expenses should be provided to employees for whom management has already included those amounts in their CTC.

Hi, these categories do not typically apply to most employees. Instead, the conveyance to employees and associated charges are determined based on current rules in force.

It can be either way: provide conveyance and meals and deduct the costs from the salary, or pay an amount equal to the travel cost and lunch along with the salary. If you have included the same in the salary (as part of the Gross salary) in the CTC, then it would mean that these are parts of salaries payable every month. Then the employer need not provide the employee any conveyance or meals. At the same time, if it is shown below the Gross salary, then it is not part of the salary but being a Cost To Company, the employer should give the employee conveyance and also lunch. Please check the CTC and see where these figures appear and get back.

The answer is no, as per the postings. It is better known to you as the HR of the company that the allowances provided in CTC are a bifurcation of the wage components. If there is a demand from the employees, ask for a hike in the allowances.