Outside Employment

Outside Employment

Outside Employment of Southern University System Employees

The Southern University System (SU System) recognizes that certain outside employment activities are of benefit to the SU System, the State of Louisiana, the private sector and the individual employee.  Although the SU System recognizes a right of an employee to engage in outside employment, the SU System has established policies and procedures requiring that such outside employment be disclosed and submitted for administrative review and approval on an annual basis, as applicable.

Policy Implementation Procedures

The following types of outside employment will be considered for approval:

1. General consulting, other outside employment or business activities.
2. Consulting by SU System faculty and staff members where the consulting services are related to the academic discipline or expertise of the faculty or staff member, as outlined in La. R.S. 1123(9)(b).  Generally, SU System will not be approved for consulting agreements that require the faculty or staff member to participate directly in the supervision of activity where the outside employer current does business with the SU System or a SU System campus.  However, the proposed employment will be considered for approval where the activity is designed to increase the opportunity for the Louisiana workforce… *See attached policy.

The following types of outside employment will not be considered for approval:

1. A SU System employee may not receive compensation to assist in the passage or defeat of legislation during the fiscal year in which the legislation is pending in the legislature, except from the Louisiana Legislature or any department, institute or agency within the legislative branch.
2. A SU System employee that supervises non-SU System research or performs the research, he/she is considered a participant or part of outside research team rather than a consultant.  In such instances, the SU System employee may not be employed nor contract directly with the outside agency unless it is not feasible to seek a contract through the System campus under established procedures for sponsored research as determined by the appropriate Chancellor.
3. Blanket approval for outside employment will not be granted.
4. Employment or contractual relationship which is considered to be a violation of the Louisiana Code of Governmental Ethics will not be approved.

Should you have any questions, please contact the Office of Human Resources.