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NCU Faculty Handbook | Faculty Employment | 55 Activities Deemed Not to Violate NCU's Outside Employment Policy The following activities, so long as they do not require more than 25 hours a week and/or no benefits are provided and/or do not occur at one of the institutions listed above, are not considered outside employment: • Teaching, speaking, writing, editing, service on a dissertation committee or on an Institutional Review Board at a nonprofit educational institution, or for a professional discipline-related association, for which NCU is noted as your primary affiliation; • Consulting or participating in committees or events on behalf of a nonprofit professional organization, regional, national or programmatic accreditation; • Holding State or local public office, whether by election or appointment; • Serving as an officer, director, trustee, or member of a board, or other such body of a for- profit organization or of a nonprofit organization so long as it does not violate the terms listed under definitions. Requesting Prior Approval Full-time faculty and team members must request and obtain approval before engaging in outside employment as defined above by completing the Outside Employment Disclosure form. The form, once completed, must be returned to Human Resources and the request will go through the approval process by the faculty/ team member's direct leader, followed by review by the Provost and VP, Human Resources. Criteria used to determine whether or not to approve such outside employment includes, but is not limited to: • Faculty/team member's current and past performance in their role at NCU. • Extent and nature of the faculty/team member's outside employment. • Nature of the business and mission of the outside employer. • Potential advantages and disadvantages to NCU of granting or denying exceptions to the outside employment policy. Faculty and team members are required to fully cooperate in providing all requested documents necessary to ensure compliance with this policy (including but not limited to: employment agreements, contractor agreements, payroll records, tax documents, etc.), in their possession or in the possession of a third party to prove the extent, scope and nature of their outside employment. Review of outside employment requests will take up to 30 days. Once a decision is made, the faculty/team member will be notified by Human Resources directly. Confidentiality If the request for approval to work outside the University is approved, the faculty/team member agrees to keep all NCU financial, strategic, new program offerings, regulatory development, and other proprietary information completely confidential. Faculty/team members will be required to sign the NCU non-solicitation confidentiality agreement. Updates Any faculty/team member who enters outside employment must notify Human Resources by completing a new disclosure form within thirty (30) days prior to accepting, or within fifteen (15) days of a change in status of the outside employment.

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