Ohio Administrative Code
Title 3349 - Northeast Ohio Medical University
Chapter 3349-7 - Human Resource Rules
Section 3349-7-56 - Consultation and service activities for full-time faculty and administrative staff
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 3349-7-56
Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
(A) Purpose
To establish a rule to govern the uncompensated and compensated consultation and service activities both during and outside of normal working hours.
(B) Scope
(1)
This rule
applies only to full-time faculty and administrative staff of the university.
This rule does not apply to unclassified hourly employees, classified civil
service employees or student employees.
(2)
Compensated and
uncompensated consultative and service activities undertaken outside normal
working hours are not governed by this rule unless they interfere with the
primary obligations of the faculty or administrative staff to the
university.
(C) Definitions
(1)
"Administrative Staff" refers to full-time, exempt
employees of the university.
(2)
"Compensation"
refers to direct or indirect receipt of money or its equivalent for services
rendered.
(3)
"Consultative Activities" the professional practice of
providing expert advice in a particular field.
(4)
"Direct
Administrative Supervisor" refers to the person to whom the faculty or
administrative staff member reports to within the organization. In the case of
faculty, the direct administrative supervisor is usually the department
chair.
(5)
"Double Dipping" is the unethical practice of working
for wages while simultaneously receiving additional compensation from the same
source that is the state of Ohio.
(6)
"Faculty" refers
to full time persons appointed to that status by the university board of
trustees and who are paid directly by the university.
(7)
"Normal Working
Hours" refers to those established by the department, college or
university.
(8)
"Service Activities" refers to professional or expert
assistance in a particular field.
(D) Body of the rule
(1)
Faculty and administrative staff, with the approval of the direct
administrative supervisor, may engage in consultative and service activities
during normal working hours, for up to twenty per cent of a regular work week.
Approval is within the discretion of the direct administrative
supervisor.
(2)
Uncompensated consultative and service activities
during normal working hours.
Faculty and administrative staff who engage in uncompensated consultative and service activities during normal working hours must have the prior approval of their direct administrative supervisor.
(a)
Any such activity which will require the absence of a
faculty or administrative staff member from the primary work site during normal
working hours for a period in excess of three consecutive working days requires
the prior written approval of the direct administrative
supervisor.
(b)
Written activity reports documenting the amount of
time devoted to such activities may be required by the direct administrative
supervisor.
(3)
Compensated consultative and services activities
during normal working hours.
(a)
The faculty or administrative staff member must submit
a statement of the activity to be undertaken, how much time will be devoted to
the activity, how the faculty or administrative staff member's job
responsibilities will be covered during any period of absence from the
university.
(b)
Compensated consultative and service activities
performed for another state of Ohio funded entity must be conducted outside
normal working hours, on vacation time or during periods of leaves of absence
without pay to avoid double dipping. Such activity requires the prior approval
of the direct administrative supervisor.
Written activity reports documenting the amount of time devoted and the dates of leave taken must be submitted annually to the direct administrative supervisor as appropriate.
(c)
Activity performed for a non-state of Ohio funded entity which will require the
absence of a faculty or administrative staff member from the primary work site
during normal working hours for a period in excess of three consecutive working
days requires the prior written approval of the direct administrative
supervisor.
Written activity reports must be submitted annually to the direct administrative supervisor documenting the amount of time devoted to the activity and the dates that the person was absent from the campus.
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