1.70.180 Restrictions on other employment and financial interests.
(a) General Restrictions. An employee must not engage in outside employment if the hours of such employment conflict with the employee’s normal work shift at WSSC or where the outside employment is of such a nature which does or may create a conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest.
(b) Specific Restrictions. Unless the Board grants a waiver under WSSC 1.70.070, or as permitted by an advisory opinion under WSSC 1.70.060, an employee must not:
(1) Be employed by or have a financial interest in any business that:
(i) Is regulated by WSSC;
(ii) Negotiates or has entered into a contract with WSSC; or
(iii) Is a subcontractor for any business that has a contract with WSSC;
(2) Hold any other employment relationship that would impair the impartiality and independence of judgment of the employee; or
(3) Be employed by an entity that is a party to a contract that binds or purports to bind WSSC if the duties of the employee include matters substantially relating to or affecting the contract and the contract binds or purports to bind WSSC to pay more than $1,000.
(c) Exceptions. Subsections (a) and (b) of this section do not apply to an:
(1) Employee whose government duties are ministerial, if the employment does not create a conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest;
(2) Employment that makes a conflict of interest or appearance of conflict of interest remote as determined in accordance with the regulations of the State Ethics Commission (COMAR 19A.02.01) or other criteria established by the Board;
(3) Employee exempted by Board under extraordinary circumstances to recruit, hire, or retain highly qualified or uniquely qualified individuals for public service or to assure the availability of competent services to the public; or
(4) Attorneys in the General Counsel’s Office providing pro bono representation in furtherance of the directives of the Court of Appeals.
(d) Prohibition Against Contingent Compensation. An employee must not assist or represent a party for contingent compensation in a matter before or involving the WSSC. (Res. 2003-1669 § 1(3-2))