Conflict of Interest/Non-disclosure
Conflict of Interest/Non-disclosure
(OP)
Hello everyone.
I currently work at a local transit authority as a consultant hired through a staffing company. My am being paid by a staffing company and I was never asked to sign anything that resembled a non-disclosure agreement. I work, and perform duties of permanent employees at the authority, namely, I work as a construction inspector and answer to the resident engineer.
The authority has a Small Business Mentoring Program that I would like to participate in. The SBMP gives small contracts to construction companies, which I would be a principal or shareholder of. Having not signed any non-disclosure agreement with the authority and being an employee of the staffing company and not the authorty, can I assume that I am in the clear to go ahead and apply for the program?
The only mention of anything resembling a confidentiality clause that I've seen, seems to protect the staffing agency, which seems to read something along the lines of; "The employee is not to take direct employment of the authority or another staffing company until a 90 day period after termination from the staffing company has passed."
Thanks for the help!
I currently work at a local transit authority as a consultant hired through a staffing company. My am being paid by a staffing company and I was never asked to sign anything that resembled a non-disclosure agreement. I work, and perform duties of permanent employees at the authority, namely, I work as a construction inspector and answer to the resident engineer.
The authority has a Small Business Mentoring Program that I would like to participate in. The SBMP gives small contracts to construction companies, which I would be a principal or shareholder of. Having not signed any non-disclosure agreement with the authority and being an employee of the staffing company and not the authorty, can I assume that I am in the clear to go ahead and apply for the program?
The only mention of anything resembling a confidentiality clause that I've seen, seems to protect the staffing agency, which seems to read something along the lines of; "The employee is not to take direct employment of the authority or another staffing company until a 90 day period after termination from the staffing company has passed."
Thanks for the help!





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I don't think this is a training program. More like affirmative action for small businesses, one of which would be a construction company which the OP owns or has a share in.
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It's likely that since the situation had not yet arisen, there was no need to enjoin you from participating in the program, but once you make it obvious that you intend to compete, you'll probably find that you will have to give up either your direct contracting job with the authority, or your interests are not going to be allowed to compete.
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As far as insider information, it's an municipal service that is an extension of government and the information you have is public.
Since you can not be paid twice for the same work and can not influence contracts, I see no ethical conflict.
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