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    Ancillary activities are defined in 1.14.1 as " any work he performs for third parties", so it probably does count as ancillary activities.
    – Maarten Buis
    Commented May 19, 2023 at 15:17
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    @PsySp as I told you before: You do not need to convince me, you need to convince your line manager. In all likelihood (s)he will tell you to report all paid work. But you need to talk to her or him, not to us. Whatever we say will not affect you. Whatever your line manager says will affect you.
    – Maarten Buis
    Commented May 19, 2023 at 16:40
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    @PsySp I don't see "work" defined clearly in the linked document, but it seems reasonable to me that "work" would practically mean "work for pay", as anything else you do without being paid is not work. So, reading and reviewing papers seem like reasonable academic activities under your ordinary job, but if someone is paying you extra that is implying you're doing some additional work not covered by the pay of your ordinary job.
    – Bryan Krause ♦
    Commented May 19, 2023 at 17:03
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    @PsySp If you think that it is a regular part of your university job, then you can't take an extra salary for it. I think that's not unreasonable. You can't have it both ways: Either it's part of your job and in that case you're paid by your university, or it's not part of your job and in that case the agency that contracts for your work needs to pay you. But you can't claim it's part of your regular job and draw a second salary for it -- that's double dipping, and that's the part your employer is upset about.
    – Wolfgang Bangerth
    Commented May 20, 2023 at 4:00
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    @PsySp: Note the word "generally" in your quote: it means there can be exceptions, and I wouldn't be surprised if getting paid for participating in a committee is considered an exception. (Also, did you actually "make working agreements with your supervisor in writing" regarding this?) In any case, even if this is not considered an ancillary activity, article 1.15 of the collective agreement linked in the answer (which says that "In his capacity, the employee is not allowed to accept reimbursements, remuneration or gifts, unless the employer grants its permission.") presumably still applies.
    – Ilmari Karonen
    Commented May 20, 2023 at 9:09