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Opinion Item
Opinion Type
Advisory Opinion
Docket Number
2022-094
Requesting Party
Lynn Dias-Button
Parties Involved
Lynn Dias-Button
Agency at Issue
Louisiana Workfoce Commission Unemployment Insurance Division
Decision Date
4/8/2022
Law
1111C(1)(a)
1112B(3)
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Advisory opinion advising that an employee of the Louisiana Workfoce Commission Unemployment Insurance Division is not prohibited from accepting part-time employment with Blue Cross Blue Shield since her outside job duties are not devoted substantially to the responsibilities, programs, or operations of the Unemployment Insurance Division and in which she has participated.
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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 />
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