City offers vacation bonus for green commuters
Last Updated: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 | 4:28 PM AT
CBC News
Employees of the City of Summerside are getting some extra incentive this summer to bike, walk or roller-blade to work.
The city has created a Green Commute Club to earn credits that can be used towards days off of work. Gordon MacFarlane, the city's director of human resources and legal affairs, came up with the idea.
"If they have a green commute 80 per cent of the time between June 16 and Sept. 30, then we will give them a couple of green days off," said MacFarlane.
Thirty employees have joined the club, about 30 per cent of the city's workers. MacFarlane likes to remind club members of the fringe benefits of membership.
"Employees are also obviously saving money on fuel," he said.
"Every time the price of fuel goes up I try to send a quick e-mail around to our club members and say, 'Hey everybody, we're saving a little bit more money.'"
In addition, employees are improving their fitness level, said MacFarlane.
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