Stipends

For the purposes of this document, a stipend is the provision of a flat fee for a good or service regardless of the amount of good or service used. An example would be the provision of a $30 monthly allocation to employees who use their personal mobile phones for official duties regardless of whether the phone was used during that specific month. This can be contrasted to reimbursement where employees submit documentation of actual use of a personal mobile device to perform official duties and the organization reimburses the employee for expenses incurred.