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inspector ueneral: Post-Employment Restrictions Page 1 of 3 Indiana Office of Inspector General Post-Employment Restrictions Summary of the Rule Do not go to work for a company that did work for you as a state employee. Noteworthy Changes - Effective July 1, 2015 Clients and customers of sole proprietorships and professional practices are now considered employers. If you participated in a contract with an employer that ended more than two years ago you may be exempt from the required one-year waiting period. AL is are subject to the one-year waiting period. Post-employment waivers have additional new criteria, are reviewed by the State Ethics Commission, and are posted on the OIG website. Examples of the Rule • You are an employee of the Family & Social Services Administration (FSSA) and would like to leave your state employment to work for a vendor that has a contract with FSSA. While you did not negotiate the contract, you were personally responsible for arranging meetings and performing research related to the contract. If you leave your state employment to work for the vendor, you cannot work on the contract the vendor has with FSSA. • You work for the Utility Regulatory Commission making regulatory decisions concerning a public utility company. You may not work for this utility company for a year. • You work for FSSA and have decided to start a family automotive parts business with your son. You may commence such employment immediately upon leaving your employment with the state. • You work as a local office director for DCS. You resign to start your own consulting firm. A service provider whose contract with DCS you helped administer three months ago wants to hire you for a project. You cannot consult for this service provider for a year. • You are a Deputy Commissioner at the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT). You participate in deciding which engineering firms should be awarded contracts. You resign from INDOT. You may not work at any of these firms for a year unless the contracts you awarded were completed at least two years ago. • You are a caseworker for FSSA. You help clients receive job training and welfare benefits from the state. You resign from FSSA and become an attorney. One of your former clients comes to you for advice because their new caseworker lowered their welfare benefits. You may not assist the person in that matter. Past Advisory Opinions on the Rule • All Opinions on the Post-Employment Rule The Rule: 42 IAC 1-5-14 Post-Employment Restrictions a. As used in this section, "particular matter" means any of the following: 1. an application; 2. a business transaction; 3. a claim; 4. a contract; 5. a determination; 6. an enforcement proceeding; 7, an investigation; 8. a judicial proceeding; http://www.in.gov/ig/2340.htm 11/13/2015