Following the company policy

I don't quite understand a policy that says an employee cannot be paid outside their regular salary. I work for a company that regularly has meetings that need to be catered. Sometimes, we use a caterer and sometimes we buy things and get reimbursed via an expense report. Buying the food directly usually saves money for the company and is a better way to go fiscally.

Our company does reimburse for money spent on company business. But to make things easier so that reimbursement checks aren't needed, I have a company credit card. Then whenever I purchase food items or other things, it gets charged directly to the credit card. All receipts are signed by me and given to the Accountant who keeps them with each bill. It works great for us.

What I meant is the employee is being paid as though she was a caterer. She in not just getting reimbursed for the food. She is being paid to caterer the affair. She cooked the food and will receive a check for other than expenses for cooking the food. It is a conflict of interest. They have employees' relatives doing jobs although if they are an employee they are not supposed to be eligible because of conflict of interest.