Ask the Lawyer received the following question (paraphrased for easier reading and clarity) from a reader on a legal matter that might be of interest to the entire audience.
Q:
A federal employee coworker of mine is on paid administrative leave but is also working for a contractor and getting paid by the contractor. Is it legal for the employee to get paid for administrative leave but also work another job and get paid?
A:
What you have described is probably not legal. I can conceive of a circumstance where the contractor work is done outside normal duty hours or the contractor work is not done for the government or there is an outside activity request that has been approved. These extra facts might make the contractor work permissible. It is important to have all the facts when making a judgment.
Bill Bransford is managing partner of Shaw, Bransford & Roth, PC.
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