outside-employment

1. Can Kent State University employees participate in outside enterprises and/or be employed outside the University?

2. How do administrators and faculty get approval for outside employment and/or other outside activities?

3. Who must approve requests submitted on the “Outside Employment Approval Form?

4. Does submitting an “Outside Employment Approval Form” suggest an employee is doing something inappropriate?

5. What about teaching at another educational institution or online university?

6. Should employees include outside employment or other external activity that supports research or creative activity or that is required to maintain a professional license, certification or competencies on the “Outside Employment Approval Form?”

7. When does outside employment, a second teaching activity, or other outside enterprise conflict with an employee’s contractual or professional responsibilities to the University?

8. What if full-time faculty and academic administrators do not report outside employment and other external activities?

9. What options does an employee have if a request to engage in external activities is not approved or the employee disagrees with the findings of an advisory committee review?