Outside Employment- Faculty and Administrative/Exempt

Full-time probationary or tenured faculty and administrative/exempt professionals are considered employees whose primary full-time obligation is to South Puget Sound Community College (SPSCC).  The full-time appointment represents the employment relationship between the individual and the college. State employees may engage in employment in addition to SPSCC as long as the additional employment:

• is in agreement with SPSCC’s policies,
• does not conflict with official duties at SPSCC,
• does not use college/state resources for paid employment outside of SPSCC. This includes things such as work time, facilities, computers, printers, email, equipment, and other items owned and operated by the state.  

The following guidelines apply to additional employment outside the college:

Faculty:

1. Full-time probationary or tenured faculty who engage in paid employment or entrepreneurial activities outside the college will notify their division dean or immediate supervisor and shall file an Outside Employment Form with their division dean. The dean will submit the form to Human Resources.
2. Full-time probationary or tenured faculty members who engage in paid employment or entrepreneurial activities outside the college are expected to ensure activities do not conflict with the 35 hour time commitment to the college during the 177 day contract or as contractually obligated and do not interfere with or detract from their performance in their fulltime position.
3.  Adjunct faculty members who engage in paid employment or entrepreneurial activities outside the college are expected to ensure activities do not conflict with their contractual obligations to the college and do not interfere with or detract from their performance in their position.

Administrative/Exempt:

1. Administrative/exempt professionals who engage in paid employment or entrepreneurial activities outside the college shall notify their immediate supervisor.
2. Administrators/exempt professionals who engage in paid employment or entrepreneurial activities outside the college are expected to ensure the activity does not interfere with or detract from their performance in their full time position. Methods to ensure that regular responsibilities are maintained are discussed and approved by the immediate supervisor.
3. Employees who are working outside the college shall file an Outside Employment Form with the college.
4. Employees must adhere to the Ethics laws established in RCW 42.52 which prohibits the use of college resources for personal gain, including compensation from an outside entity.
   All activities must clearly avoid any ethical conflict or conflict of interest between the proposed activity and normal responsibilities.