State agencies and their employees are subject to state ethics laws which are administered through the State Ethics Commission. An important compliance consideration for agencies and their employees is related to secondary employment, especially as it pertains to state employees who have a financial interest in or secondary employment with an entity doing business with the primary agency in which he or she is employed.
A TU employee interested in external secondary employment must complete a request form (Form 25) for secondary employment, found at http://ethics.gov.state.md.us/Pages/EmployeesOfficials.htm#secondary. The request, along with a copy of the employee’s job description, must be routed through the employee’s department to the Office of Human Resources (OHR). Supervisors having knowledge of the qualifying condition must instruct their employees to initiate the procedure. The ethics coordinator in the OHR will submit the request to the State Ethics Commission for consideration.
Even if an employee is already engaged with an entity, approval of secondary employment is still necessary. Employees are not to begin secondary employment before approval of their request is approved by the Ethics Commission.
Questions related to staff can be directed to Human Resources at x4-2162. Questions related to faculty should be directed to University Counsel at x4-4008.
