Can I accept a second part-time job if I work full- time for another employer?
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Can I accept a second part-time job if I work full- time for another employer?
The second job is only 10 to 29 hours a week, done online in my spare time.
Asked on March 31, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, New York
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
Unless you signed an agreement barring you from other employment or undertaking such employment violates stated company policy, you are free to work for whomever you want. That having been said, if your employer chooses, it to could ask you turn down working this second job. If you refuse, you can be terminated for this (or for any reason or no reason at all). The fact is that most work relationships are "at w ill",. Thismeans that an employer can set the terms and conditons of employment much as it sees fit barring any form of legally actionable discrimination or prohibiton as stated in an employment contract or union agreement.
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