Employment of Related Individuals
Present and prospective employees shall be evaluated based on individual merit without respect to race, sex, religion, national origin, disability, or any factors not involving professional qualifications and performance. In accordance with this principle, the following restrictions are adopted to avoid the possibility of favoritism based on family relationships for all College employees.
1. The College shall not employ two (2) or more persons concurrently who are “closely related” in positions which would result in one person of such relationship supervising another closely related person or having a substantial influence over employment, salary or wages, or other management or personnel actions pertaining to the close relative.
“Closely related” is defined to mean mother, father, brother, sister, son, daughter, father-in- law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, grandmother, grandfather, grandson, granddaughter, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, husband, wife, first cousin, stepparent, stepchild, step-brother, step-sister, guardian or ward, or persons engaged in an amorous, physical, or romantic relationship and any person who lives in the same household.
3. Neither relative shall be permitted, either individually or as a member of a committee, to participate in the evaluation of the other relative, with respect to the concurrent service of closely related persons within the same academic department or other comparable institutional subdivision of employment,
Board of Directors Considerations with Related Employees
Regarding any official action of employment status of a family member that would result in the financial gain to a Board member or the employee, the Board member or employee will disclose the conflict to the full Board and will not take part in the official action, unless otherwise allowed by law.