I have often enjoyed the advice given on this listserv.  Now it's time
for me to ask for help (in a rather lengthy way).

We are a small 4-year undergraduate university and a fairly new
office so we are still establishing practices and procedures.

Our Associate Provost is concerned about paying 12-month
employees to do additional work to their regular duties through any
grants or contracts.  An example would be when an agency hires a
12-month administrator to analyze some data and produce a
report.  The administrator ran the contract through the university
since he knew he was hired as a representative of the university.
The administrator is already a 12-month employee, so can he
accept additional pay?

The Associate Provost believes that accepting this additional work
detracts from the administrator's ability to do his job on campus.
However, I believe that the job will be done regardless of whether
the administrator runs the contract through the university or not.

It doesn't bother the Associate Provost too badly if there isn't much
money involved.  However, can you (or should you) set up a
system that allows a limit to the amount that can be earned?

Thanks for helping out...(and no, I'm not the 12-month administrator
described here!).

Deborah S. Walz, Ed.D.                  xxxxxx@mail.uca.edu
Office of Sponsored Programs            Phone:  501/450-3451
University of Central Arkansas          Fax: 501/450-5339
201 Donaghey Avenue                     Homepage:  http://spo.uca.edu
Conway, AR 72035-0001