Additional or Outside Employment
Employees may only receive compensation from the State of Washington for the performance of your official duties. Employees may not ask for, give or receive any additional compensation, gifts or gratuities from a source for performing or deferring the performance of any official duty. A state employee may not receive anything that would constitute additional economic value under any contract or grant outside his/her official duties.
Outside or additional employment is regulated by the Ethics Act. It is acceptable if a number of requirements are met:
- Contract is real and performed;
- Not part of official EWU duties or under your supervision;
- Not prohibited by law;
- Position not created by you in official capacity;
- Compensation not from someone who can’t give gifts; and
- Would not require disclosure of confidential information
Requirements for prior approval for additional/outside work:
- Employees must receive prior approval from the University before entering into or obtaining a beneficial interest in a contract for outside work if:
- It is for another state agency; or
- Occurs during regular working hours; or
- Creates a potential conflict of interest
- If the employment is with another state agency, employees also must obtain prior approval from the Ethics Board or the Executive Ethics Secretary. If approval is granted, the contract for the work must be filed in the State Ethics Office within 30 days of execution. In order to obtain approval, employees must provide the following information:
- Description of current state duties;
- Statement of work to be performed;
- Copy of the proposed contract/grant;
- Statement that no state resources will be used
- If significant time commitment must provide explanation of how work will be performed without the use of state time resources.
There are some exceptions to the requirement for Ethics Board approval, but EWU approval still required:
- Teaching at a higher education institution, provided no state resources used; no conflict with the performance of official duties; and official position not used to influence the contract of employment;
- A contract held by a spouse, in which employee has a beneficial interest, with a state agency, provided employee did not participate in the contract
- Providing expert witness services in state litigation provided no educational resources used to perform the duties; no conflict with the performance of official duties; and employee did not use official position to influence the contract; and
A contract/grant that was received by an employee of an institution of higher education under conditions that complied with RCW 42.52.030(2).
