[Added 10-16-2000 by Ord. No. 00-19]
This article shall be called the "Antinepotism Policy of the Township of North Brunswick."
A. 
The prohibitions set forth in this article shall apply solely to employee positions for the Township of North Brunswick.
B. 
This article shall not apply to appointments to the various boards, commissions, committees and authorities of the Township.
C. 
Subject to the exception in Subsection D below, this article and the prohibition against certain hiring contained herein shall be applied prospectively only from the effective date of its enactment and shall not in any way be construed to prohibit or make unlawful any current employment relationship or situation or the hiring or promotion of any person currently employed by the Township of North Brunswick as of the effective date of this article which may technically be violative of the terms hereof but for its prospective application. For purposes of interpreting this exception, persons appointed to positions of employment with the Township for a set term shall be considered current employees, notwithstanding the fact that the then term may have ended. Such persons holding positions of employment with the Township under a set term may be hired to any position in the Township, rehired, reappointed or promoted, as may be the case, without violating this article.
D. 
The prohibitions and restrictions contained in § 3-66 shall not apply in the case of seasonal part-time employment.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ELECTED OFFICIAL
Persons holding the position of Mayor or Township Council.
RELATIVE
Includes spouses, parents/children, siblings, grandparents/grandchildren, in-laws to the extent of parents or children, brothers- and sisters-in-law, first cousins and aunts or uncles/nieces or nephews.
SUPERVISOR
Any employee of the Township having supervisory duties and powers over another employee or employees within the respective department of the Township.
The following restrictions shall apply in the hiring and promotion of employees to employment positions for the Township of North Brunswick:
A. 
Supervision. No relative (as defined herein) shall be considered for employment by the Township of North Brunswick or hired to a position of employment with the Township where that person will be the supervisor of or be supervised by another relative who is an existing employee within the same department.
B. 
Applications. Applications for employment submitted by relatives of Township employees holding current supervisory positions (hereinafter "supervisor") will not be accepted for positions in the same department of the Township in which the supervisor works or where, through promotion, such a situation or relationship could exist.
C. 
Relatives of elected officials. No person who is a relative of any elected official of the Township of North Brunswick (i.e., Mayor or Township Council) shall be considered for employment as an employee of the Township. This shall not restrict nor prohibit the continued employment of individuals to a position or positions with the Township where a relative of an employee is elected as a Mayor or Township Council after the date of the employee's start of employment with the Township.
D. 
Promotion of existing employees. Notwithstanding the prospective application as to the remainder of this article as applied above, no elected official (Mayor or Township Council) or supervisor in a department may participate in the promotion process or hiring process in that department of any existing employee who is a relative of such elected official or supervisor, as the case may be. Such elected official or supervisor shall abstain from participation in such personnel action as it applies to such relative.
This policy is not for the purpose of depriving any citizen of an equal chance for employment with the Township, but is solely intended to eliminate the potential for preferential treatment of the relatives of governmental personnel.
Except as may be otherwise expressly provided for herein, this article shall not affect the employment of any present Township employees and/or any existing contractual obligations with employees by the Township of North Brunswick.