Working multiple jobs

DeepSub

What rights does a job/employer have to tell you not to take a second role. Say you have a 9 to 5, standard office type engineering job.
Can they mandate you are not allowed to take up a second role, 1 or 2 hours a week. Not in 9 to 5 window. Both companies are not in competition.
do you even have to tell the first company?
Thoughts

DeepSub

EchoIndia

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058347612/working-multiple-jobs

Is there a contract in place with the first employer that specifies whether the person is permitted to engage in other work? If someone is employed in a fulltime job, there is a certain expectation that he/she will devote himself/herself only to that role and many organisations have formal policies in this regard. That can be reasons other than competition, e.g. working hours/fatigue issues, to require that anything like this is out in the open and either agreed to or not in each case. I don't know the legal position, but if an employer found out that someone was engaging in a substantial outside role that could impinge on their effectiveness in their job, it could lead to a discussion, at the very least.

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You'll need to read your contract. Employers have a legal requirement to ensure that their employees are not working more than the maximum number of hours per week (48, although it can be averaged out, so a single week on 50 hours isn't automatically breaking it). If the employee is working more than the maximum, the employer can be found to be in breach of the legislation - this applies even if the employer didn't know about the other job.

It is left to employers to decide how to enforce this. Some will simply prohibit any outside work in their contracts (yes, they can do this). Others will require a disclosure and time tracking. Others will ignore it and hope it never comes up.

Relevant: https://www.independent.ie/business/how-to-manage-an-employee-who-is-moonlighting/37322488.html