Location: Western Michigan
So am a graphic designer for a local business, my boss, who is also the owner of the company, is running for state representative in our local district. She approached me when she started her campaign and asked if I could make a couple designs for it, I didn’t really want to because I don’t agree with her politics, but I had recently started the job and didn’t feel like I could say no. She also said she would pay me for this work, on top of my regular pay for the company. Fast forward a month or so and I was basically only doing designs for her campaign while at work, hours and hours of work that should be going towards my actual job is going towards her campaign, and my clients are taking a backseat because of her. It’s been months and I still occasionally will do campaign work for her, but I have received $0 for any of the work I have done for her campaign, besides my regular company pay. I know there are pretty strict laws with political funding and how people are paid, I’m just wondering if what she is doing is legal, and if not, what should I do about it?
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She owns the business. So long as you are working during business hours, you’re being paid for your work.
I am not sure about illegal, but she likely needs to be reporting that she is donating to the campaign by having you do the work. I do not know anything about campaign finance. It might be fine as long as she is reporting things correctly.
That said, if you are concerned about your clients taking a rear seat to her stuff, talk to her.