{"id":21927,"date":"2015-10-05T11:01:52","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T15:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wpcc.edu\/policy-manual\/?page_id=21927"},"modified":"2015-10-19T14:24:31","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T18:24:31","slug":"03-01-100-a-nepotism-employment-of-relatives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wpcc.edu\/policy-manual\/03-01-100-a-nepotism-employment-of-relatives\/","title":{"rendered":"03.01.100.a Nepotism &#8211; Employment of Relatives"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;Section&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_header admin_label=&#8221;Fullwidth Header&#8221; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; title=&#8221;Procedure&#8221; subhead=&#8221;03.01.100.a Nepotism &#8211; Employment of Relatives&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;right&#8221; header_fullscreen=&#8221;off&#8221; header_scroll_down=&#8221;off&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#346fab&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;off&#8221; content_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; image_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; title_font_size=&#8221;44&#8243; subhead_font_size=&#8221;24px&#8221; custom_button_one=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing=&#8221;0&#8243; button_one_use_icon=&#8221;default&#8221; button_one_icon_placement=&#8221;right&#8221; button_one_on_hover=&#8221;on&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing_hover=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_button_two=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing=&#8221;0&#8243; button_two_use_icon=&#8221;default&#8221; button_two_icon_placement=&#8221;right&#8221; button_two_on_hover=&#8221;on&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing_hover=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_css_header_container=&#8221;margin-bottom: -140px !important;||margin-right: 20px !important;&#8221;]\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243;][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=&#8221;Sidebar&#8221; orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; area=&#8221;et_pb_widget_area_46&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; remove_border=&#8221;off&#8221;] [\/et_pb_sidebar][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]\n<p>Present and prospective employees shall be evaluated on the basis of 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.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The College shall not employ two (2) or more persons concurrently who are \u201cclosely related\u201d 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.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cClosely related\u201d 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, step-parent, step-child, step-brother, step-sister, guardian or ward, or same persons engaged in an amorous, physical, or romantic relationship without the benefit of marriage that live in the same household.<\/li>\n<li>With respect to the concurrent service of closely related persons within the same academic department or other comparable institutional subdivision of employment, neither relative shall be permitted, either individually or as a member of a committee, to participate in the evaluation of the other relative.<\/li>\n<li>Trustees and College employees shall not take part in any official action regarding the employment of a \u201cclosely related\u201d family member that results in financial gain to the Board member. 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