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From the Human Resources Department
Full-time employees are expected to devote their time to their assigned duties and responsibilities on a full-time basis. Permission to engage in external consulting or other outside employment may be granted in accordance with policies and regulations if all the following conditions are met:
- Permission to engage in the employment is requested and received prior to the time the employee accepts external employment;
- Activities related to the external employment are not reasonably expected to interfere with the regular work of the employee;
- The employee complies with all applicable laws and professional standards of conduct, including conflicts of interest standards;
- The employee certifies that research performed in connection with the external employment will be conducted in an objective and scientific manner and in accordance with the highest ethical standards of the employee’s profession; and
- An approval process for consulting or other outside employment related to a faculty member’s field or discipline is used and adopted in accordance with the regulation.
Failure to comply with any of these conditions may result in withdrawal of permission to engage in external employment.
Request and Approval Forms
Faculty Consulting and External Professional Employment (to be completed for faculty consulting/external professional employment related to the faculty member’s professional discipline)
• Faculty Consulting and/or External Professional Employment Application and Approval Form (via Docusign)
External Employment (Governs all external employment of employees of The Texas A&M University System other than faculty covered by System Regulation 31.05.01, Faculty Consulting and/or External Professional Employment and includes external employment by faculty members that is not directly related to their professional discipline.)
• External Employment Application and Approval Form (via Docusign)
Note: External Employment requests will not be granted for a period longer than one year. All authorizations, regardless of length, will terminate on August 31 of the current fiscal year. All employees/faculty members must reapply for authorization each fiscal year, defined as September 1 – August 31.
Governing Policies & Regulations
• System Policy 31.05 External Employment and Expert Witness
• System Regulation 31.05.01 Faculty Consulting and External Professional Employment
• System Regulation 31.05.02 External Employment
• System Regulation 33.04.01 Use of System Resources
• System Regulation 33.99.06, Administration of Multiple Employment
Questions?
Contact Human Resources
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