It means that if you're late for work and they find out you actually live in another city, you're automatically fired no questions asked.


Just kidding, little joke. It means that provided you take certain reasonable steps to plan your commute that you get a free no-show every now and then if you get stuck commuting through no fault of your own. It usually only covers air travel, so if you get a flat tire DRIVING to the airport on probabation you really might get fired. Depending.