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When an employer suspects a full-time employee has a second job, it's important to monitor their performance and availability, and respond to any issues without delay, a lawyer says.

According to an Indeed survey of 1,000 white-collar workers, as many as one in 10 are trying to work more than one full-time job to make ends meet. Some 93% of these employees say they "borrow" time from their first employer – 65% claim to do this regularly – and more than 90% say AI is a key enabler.

"If it does appear that issues are arising, make sure you record that – document it, and don't sit on it for too long, so act quickly on it," Henry William Lawyers partner Renee Kasbarian tells HR Daily.

Conflicts of interest aside, it's not the second job or side gig that's the problem, so much as whether it interferes with an employee's performance and/or availability, Kasbarian says...