Outside Employment Policy
(with Acknowledgment) (NJ)

Summary

This template is an outside employment policy for New Jersey employers that aims to prevent employees from accepting outside work that would interfere with their work for their primary employer. This template includes practical guidance, drafting notes, and optional clauses. The policy should not be overly restrictive so as to cause good employees to flee or to unduly interfere with employees' off-duty time. This template is intended for private employers. Employers may include this policy in an employee handbook or distribute it as a standalone policy. The drafting notes address related issues under New Jersey and federal law, and as a result, the text differs from the non-jurisdictional Outside Employment Policy. For a full listing of key content that can be used by in-house counsel to develop, revise, and implement a company's employee and third-party-related policies, see In-House Company Policies Resource Kit. For a non-jurisdictional employee handbook, see Employee Handbook. For a full listing of key content covering employee handbook considerations, see Employee Handbook Resource Kit. For a checklist outlining the main issues for New Jersey employers to consider when reviewing employee handbooks under federal and New Jersey law, see Employee Handbook Review Checklist (NJ).