Procedures for Seeking Approval of Outside Gainful Employment (Union Members See, CBA Article 14, Attached PDF)

(A)   An employee seeking approval Outside Gainful Employment shall submit a CRLA Outside Gainful Employment Request Form (for non‐practice of law outside gainful employment) to their supervisor not less than five (5) working days prior to any engagement in outside practice. Please submit a request to hrsupport@crla.org to be assigned the form through Paycom-Documents. 

(2)   The Request Form shall be effective for a maximum on one year. A new Request Form shall be submitted for any service or employment extending more than one

year beyond the approval date.

(B)   The supervisor shall review the Request Form, shall obtain such further information as they deem appropriate from the requesting employee or such other source as they deem appropriate and, within five (5) working days shall evaluate:

(1)   the extent, if any, to which the proposed Outside Gainful Employment might or will interfere with the CRLA employee’s ability to fully and efficiently perform their CRLA duties including the employee’s responsibility to serve CRLA clients through advocacy in both cases and matters;

(2)   the extent, if any, to which the proposed Outside Gainful Employment might or will conflict with or violate limitations imposed by law upon CRLA;

(3)   the extent, if any, to which the proposed Outside Gainful Employment might or will create or present or foreseeably give rise to a conflict of interest between CRLA and any CRLA client.

(C)   Within five (5) working days, the supervisor shall affix their evaluation and recommendation to the Request form, and forward to the Executive Director or the Executive Director’s designee.

(D)   The Executive Director or Executive Director’s designee shall, within three (3) working days of receipt of the recommendation from the requesting employee’s supervisor, determine whether to approve or deny the request. Approval may be limited upon such further conditions or restrictions as the Executive Director or designee find appropriate. The Executive Director’s failure to provide a response within this period shall not be construed as either an implicit approval or as a waiver of the requirement for approval. If the request is denied, CRLA shall provide a written explanation to the employee.

(E)    CRLA reserves the right to rescind any approved Request Form at its discretion. CRLA shall not rescind an approval in an arbitrary or capricious manner. If the approval is rescinded, CRLA shall provide a written explanation to the employee.

(F)    After five (5) working days of submitting the Outside Gainful Employment Request Form, the employee is eligible to commence work if no decision has been made on the request. If the request is denied, the employee shall immediately cease the Outside Employment Request.

(1)   The employee shall submit a separate Request Form for each client, principal or employer for whom the employee intends to provide services.