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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> pF LOUIs DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> x P. 0. BOX 4368 <br /> ' * BATON ROUGE, LA 70821 <br /> O�riocw` (225)219-5600 <br /> FAX: (225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.la,gov <br /> Tuesday,April 12, 2022 <br /> Lynn Dias-Button <br /> 17948 Jefferson Ridge Drive <br /> Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70817 <br /> RE: Louisiana Board of Ethics Docket No.2022-094 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Mrs. Dias-Button: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics(`Board"), at its April 8, 2022 meeting, considered your request for an <br /> advisory opinion as to whether the Louisiana Code of Governmental Ethics (`Code") would prohibit <br /> you from accepting a part-time position with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana ("BCBSLA") <br /> while maintaining your employment with the Louisiana Workforce Commission ('`LWC'') - <br /> Unemployment Insurance division("Ur). <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You are currently employed full-time by LWC/UI as a Workforce Development Specialist 5. Your <br /> duties include: 1) drafting communications for use in messaging to unemployment claimants; and, 2) <br /> handling staff administration access for unemployment-affiliated staff to the LWC's online HiRE <br /> system. HIRE is an online job seeker/workforce services system, accessed as a web site on the Internet <br /> or an Intranet at a OneStop Center.It was specifically designed for job seekers,students,case managers, <br /> employers, training providers, workforce professionals, and others seeking benefits and services.You <br /> serve as the primary administrator for LWC/UI's use of HiRE, including system settings, message <br /> blasts,setting system holidays,etc. You have been employed by LWC since April 2009 and in UI since <br /> 2011. <br /> Prior to your employment with LWC, you were employed at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana <br /> ("BCBSLA"), in what is now the Strategic Communications Department. You were approached by the <br /> Strategic Communications Department with the opportunity to work part-time(evenings and weekends <br /> only)as a proofreader.You would continue to work full-time in your current position,with your planned <br /> retirement scheduled for February 2023. <br /> Since BCBSLA provides health insurance services through the Office of Group Benefits("OGB")and <br /> you have coverage with BCBSLA through the OGB, both the BCBSLA hiring managers and you want <br /> to ensure that there are no ethics concerns involved with working part-time for BCBSLA outside of <br /> your normal LWC/UI work hours. You do not handle any health insurance matters for the LWC/Ul. <br /> Likewise, you would not be doing any writing for BCBSLA. Your proposed job duties would only be <br /> providing a final proofread of communications that have already been vetted and approved by BCBSLA <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />