within the same department or division shall be approved by the senior administrator.

5. The employment of relatives of University employees, as described in this paragraph, whose relationship was not a violation of this section of this policy prior to its revision on ___, does not constitute a violation of the revised policy provided the relatives are regular employees of the University and remain in the University employment positions which they held on _____. However, the transfer of any such employees described in this paragraph (whose employment relationship was not a violation of policy prior to its revisions on ___) to any other regular University position shall require approval of the President.

RELATED PROCEDURE:

  1. Potential candidates will be asked via the employment application to identify if any family relationships, as defined in this policy, exist with any current University employee.
  2. The Office of Human Resources will vet the employment application for such family relationships.
  3. The Office of Human Resources will notify the senior administrator if it is found that there is a family or personal relationship.
  4. The senior administrator in conjunction with the Office of Human Resources shall approve of the hiring of a relative working in the same unit or college, without supervisory authority between them, as well as the Nepotism Disclosure Form associated with the oversight of the employed relative.
  5. Approval of the Nepotism Disclosure Form shall occur prior to the hiring of the relative or prior to the establishment of the legal relationship which creates the relative as defined in policy.
  6. After discussing with the senior administrator, the Office Human Resources will notify the candidate if they are unsuccessful for the position applied for as a result of this policy.

DEFINITIONS:

A. Relative: father, mother, brother, sister, husband, wife, son, daughter, aunt, uncle, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparents, great-grandparents, nieces, nephews, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, in-laws, or step-relatives of same.