Dear YUFA members,

Each year YUFA members receive a professional expense reimbursement (PER) amount that is negotiated by the Employer and YUFA as part of the Collective Agreement. The funds are deposited annually into each member’s PER cost centre. The next deposit (for the May 2025 to April 2026, period) will be made on or around May 1st, 2025  in the amount of $2,150.

YUFA members hired before April 2018, have two PER cost centres. One titled “OLD PER (for 7 years)” and the other titled “Professional Expense Reimburse”. Members hired after April 2018 only have the “Professional Expense Reimburse” cost centre. These cost centres can be seen in eReports.

Funds in the “Professional Expense Reimburse” (PER) cost centre can be carried forward (that is, left unspent in the cost centre) for up to four (4) years to a maximum of $9,000. Funds more than $9,000 will be reallocated on a 50/50 basis to the Conference Travel and the Faculty/Library Research Grants fund.

Members are advised to ensure that the balance in their PER cost centre remains below $9,000 to avoid the loss of funds over this amount. Moreover, given that $2,150 will shortly be deposited to the PER cost centre, members are encouraged to ensure that they have $6,850 or less in their PER cost centres by the time the $2,150 amount is deposited. Doing so will avoid unspent funds from previous years being reallocated from the PER cost centre. More specifically, members should submit a Concur claim before April 30, 2025.

Funds in the “OLD PER” will only be available to members until April 30, 2026, after which time any unused funds will be reallocated on a 50/50 basis to the Conference Travel Fund and the Faculty/Library Research Grants fund.

Members with funds in the “OLD PER” cost centre are encouraged to spend the funds before April 30, 2026, to avoid the loss of all funds in the cost centre.

 If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]