Employment of Relatives (Nepotism)

While the University welcomes the hiring of family members, it must be careful to remove any potential conflict of interest in the employment situation. Therefore, no supervisor, department head or administrative officer will have immediate hiring authority or any supervisory responsibility for a member of their immediate family, defined for this purpose to be that individual's spousesame-sex domestic partner, children, parents (or legal guardians), grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles, spouse's/same-sex domestic partner's parents or spouse's siblings; nor will they have immediate hiring authority or supervisory responsibility for their significant others, domestic partners or any other individual whose personal relationship to the supervisor may cause disruption or a conflict of interest in the workplace. In addition, no supervisor, department head or administrative officer will have immediate hiring authority or employment jurisdiction over any other close relatives without the express approval of the Associate Vice President for the Department of Human Resource Services.