4.06 Employment of Relatives

Effective Date: April 1, 2010 (revised)

Purpose:

The College seeks to avoid potential charges of favoritism and conflict of interest in the employment of family members. This policy applies to all regular, temporary, casual, seasonal and student employees.

Procedure:

An immediate family member may not be hired if such employment would create:

• A direct supervisor/subordinate relationship with a family member; or
• An actual conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest; or
• Cause family members to work closely in the same department and/or office.

This policy applies when assigning, transferring, or promoting employees.

The College requires full disclosure of any relationship as defined below to Human Resources at the time of employment or at any time that it occurs in the course of employment.

For purposes of this policy immediate family members include: spouse, domestic partner, brother, sister, parent, child, step-child, father-in-law, mother-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, and any other member of the employee’s household.

Questions regarding this policy should be directed to Human Resources.

See the following policies for additional relevant information:

5.02 Conflict of Interest 97