| Advisory opinion request concerning post-employment restrictions that would apply to Tisha Burgett after she leaves her employment with the Ascension Parish School Board. |
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Tisha Burgett is currently employed by the Ascension Parish School Board within the Human Resources Benefits and Risk Management Department. Her duties include processing paperwork related to worker's compensations claims, student accidents, and bus accidents. In addition, she works on crisis plans for the district and provides daily secretarial duties for the Human Resources Director of Benefits and Risk Management. Ms. Burgett is interested in applying for a position with HUB, a company which contracts with the School Board to provide services to the Human Resources Benefits and Risk Management Department. The duties she would be responsible for at HUB if she accepted the position would include processing active employee and retiree benefit deductions, such as life, medical, dental, vision and COBRA insurance.
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Section 1121B of the Ethics Code prohibits a former public employee, for a period of two years following the termination of his public employment, from assisting another person, for compensation, in a transaction involving the agency of the former public employee, in which the public employee participated at any time during his public employment. Additionally, Section 1121B prohibits a former public employee, for a period of two years following the termination of his public employment, from rendering the same service which he rendered during his public employment on a contractual basis to, for, or on behalf of his former agency.
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Adopt the proposed advisory opinion.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Jennifer Land |
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