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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> oV.Lop DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> ,Sw oN �Sr�s1 <br /> LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> * * BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> cOmviocN�� (225)219-5600 <br /> ..o.•• FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.1a.gov <br /> June 9, 2025 <br /> Wayne Picou <br /> 41335 Cannon Road <br /> Gonzales, Louisianan 70737 <br /> Re: Docket No. 2025-173 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Mr. Picou: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics,at its June 6,2025 meeting,considered your request for an advisory <br /> opinion regarding whether the post-employment provisions in the Code of Governmental Ethics <br /> (Code) prohibit you, a former City of Baton Rouge employee from participating in sales for your <br /> new employer, Creative Employee Benefit Services, LLC. <br /> FACTS <br /> You terminated your employment with the City of Baton Rouge on 2/28/2025. You served as a <br /> Human Resource Analyst for the City of Baton Rouge in the Payroll and Benefits Division. Your <br /> primary job duties were to process, collect and prepare payments for medical, dental, vision and <br /> ancillary insurance on behalf of the City. That includes enrolling or terminating each employee <br /> benefits for medical, dental,vision or ancillary insurance. Ancillary benefits are those, such as but <br /> not limited to, insurance for life, cancer, accident, and disability. In your position as a resources <br /> analyst you never sold insurance to the City of Baton Rouge or it's employees. <br /> You are now employed by Creative Employee Benefit Services LLC. Creative Employee Benefit <br /> Services LLC. sells new ancillary policies as non-captive agents for Colonial Life and occasionally <br /> medical, dental and vision through various carriers. Your compensation will be derived from new <br /> insurance policies sold. <br /> Specifically, you want to know if you are prohibited from selling insurance to the Baton Rouge <br /> Fire Fighters Union. You stated that in your capacity as a resource analyst you processed insurance <br /> payments for City employees who were in the Fire Fighters Union, but you never sold any <br /> insurance to the Fire Fighters Union. Additionally, you would like to know if there are any post- <br /> employment restrictions that your employer, Creative Employee Benefit Services LLC. Should be <br /> aware of, Such as, can they approach the City of Baton Rouge to sell insurance to the employees. <br /> Page 1 of 3 (BD 2025-173) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />