Can Company Stop Me Working A Second Job?

ManAtHome

As others have said, it's normally a "conflict of interest" thing they'd be worried about. They also need to ensure you comply with EU working hours limits (46 hours a week - don't think you can "opt out" if it's over 2 jobs).

MrSmartprice

You should worry. I have seen some of the scandalous practices that council employees have got up to over the years.

An audit of e-mail accounts at one council department revealed that several people were actually operating businesses from their offices. They were using council computers, phones and of course time. Some even had business cards with their office number on. Much of it came to light when someone eventually noticed that several staff actually did no work whatsoever. One chap was actually arranging entry of illegal immigrants via his council e-mail box.

One true story of staff at a different council's crematorium made the papers. They ran an illicit video !!!!!! library from the office next to the ovens. They had made a fortune as a constant stream of 'mourners' beat a trail to the back door of the crem!

Possibly the best of all was the Chief Environmental Health Officer who had taken early retirement with a fat pension and lump sum. He had left and was using his last few days leave when someone found out that all the outsourcing to the private sector he had so carefully overseen was to a company he actually owned. Now that's a conflict of interest!

Astaroth

hjb123 wrote:

I dont see what its got to do with the employers to be honest - though I guess to be on the safe side you should tell them (or ask them) about it and ask if it would be a problem.

The main issue is if you part time work for one of their competitors/ suppliers. Ok a store clerk is unlikely to have any insider knowledge but certainly management or analysts etc are likely to have information that others would be very interested in knowing or sales reps can take clients with them (to the one that pays the higher comission for example).... it is similar to have an anti competition clause.

jockettuk

this happened to me all i had to do was tell my employer i was thinking of applying for a saturday job as i already worked during the week and they said were i told them they said ok i signed a form to say i had informed them and they had ok'd it and everything was ok from there onwards.. if you dont tell them your in breach of contract when you get a contract..

vindalooloo

Thanks guys, that's put my mind at rest.

No it's a *completely* different type of job in a different field, so if it's just 'clashes of interest' they're concerned about I'm sure there wont be a problem.