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40 | P a g e  The OWS radius should not affect mileage reimbursements as home to OWS is still not reimbursable. Office Employees - The official workstation of an officer or employee assigned to an office is the city or town in which the office is located. Home Office: See “Field Employees” below. Field Employees - The official workstation of a field employee shall be the city or town in which the Grantee has his/her headquarters, or the city or town nearest to the area where the majority of his/her work is performed, or such other city, town or area as may be designated by the Grantee’s organization provided that in all cases such designation must be in the best interest of the State. The official workstation of non-Lansing or non-Detroit area employees will be the normal office or worksite to which an employee is permanently assigned. Shown on Voucher - The official workstation of the employee shall be shown on each travel voucher in the space provided. DISALLOWED EXPENSES Employees are not entitled to reimbursement for meals and/or lodging while at their home or other property which they own, occupy, or while working or traveling within their normal workstation as defined above. The only exception to this will be while in attendance at conferences or meetings as provided in Section 7.4.3. 7.4.2 MEAL REIMBURSEMENT Itemized, dated, legible receipts must be provided for all meal reimbursements. The receipt should be cash register generated and include the place, date, time of the purchase, menu/food items purchased, and amount paid to verify the correct reimbursement amount. Credit card statements are not acceptable in lieu of a receipt. Meal reimbursement requests made by an employee cannot include the purchase of a meal intended for someone other than the employee (except in the case of a pre- approved group lunch). Only the actual amount expended, up to the allowable rate, will be reimbursed. (Reminder that alcoholic beverages are prohibited and therefore will not be reimbursed). The amount of reimbursement will be the amount of the actual meal expense, as noted on the receipt, or the allowed meal rate, whichever is less. Meals will be reimbursed at the meal rate closest to the time the meal is taken. Group lunches require prior approval from the MPSC Grant Manager, Grant Administrator, or assigned Grant Auditor. Group refreshments require prior approval from the MPSC Grant Manager, Grant Administrator, or assigned Grant Auditor. For full-day meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) with an over-night stay, the meals and receipts will be considered in total (not individually) and cannot exceed the total meal reimbursement for the day. The actual amount paid for food, non-alcoholic drink, sales tax, and tip (up to 18%) is reimbursable up to the allowable meal rate. If the tip amount is not printed on the receipt, a handwritten notation of the amount of the tip (initialed by the person traveling) is acceptable.