Outside Employment

Policy Statement

Employees may engage in certain employment outside the university, provided that the employee has obtained prior approval of his or her supervisor and the employee complies with all relevant University policies, including policies regarding conflicts of interest and annual leave.

Reason for Policy

This policy provides guidelines for the reporting and monitoring of employment outside of the university.

Who Is Governed by this Policy

Faculty and Staff

Policy

Outside employment is defined as employment outside of Adelphi University held by a full-time and part-time employee of Adelphi University. Outside employment is permitted provided:

• It does not impair the ability of an employee to perform all of the expected duties and responsibilities required of his/her position
• It is not conducted during normal work hours
• It does not utilize Adelphi property, materials or inventory
• It does not directly or indirectly create a conflict of interest

Employees should discuss the acceptability of any current or anticipated secondary employment with their supervisors.

Definitions

This policy does not have definitions associated with it at this time. Upon periodic policy review this area will be evaluated to determine if additional information is needed to supplement the policy.

Procedures

Supervisors are to advise the Office of Human Resources when outside employment affects an employee’s schedule and in the rare circumstance when a supervisor grants approval to modify the schedule from the Office of Human Resources.

If an employee requests to change their schedule based upon outside employment, the supervisor should contact the Office of Human Resources.

Forms

This policy does not have forms associated with it at this time. Upon periodic policy review this area will be evaluated to determine if additional information is needed to supplement the policy.

Related Information

This policy does not have related information at this time. Upon periodic policy review this area will be evaluated to determine if additional information is needed to supplement the policy.

Document History

• Last Reviewed Date: March 14, 2023
• Last Revised Date: September 13, 2018
• Policy Origination Date: Unknown

Who Approved This Policy

Policy Owner and Executive Leadership