This article shall be called the "Antinepotism
Policy."
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
ELECTED OFFICIAL
Persons holding the position of Council Member or Mayor of
the Borough of Haledon.
EMPLOYEE
Those persons as set forth in the Borough Salary Ordinance.
RELATIVE
Includes mother, father, son, daughter, brother, sister,
husband, wife, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law or daughter-in-law.
The following restrictions shall apply in the
hiring and promotion of employees to employment positions for the
Borough of Haledon:
A. No person who is a relative of any elected official
of the Borough of Haledon shall be considered for employment as an
employee of the Borough. This shall not restrict nor prohibit the
continued employment of individuals to a position or positions with
the Borough where a relative of an employee is elected as a Borough
Councilperson or Mayor after the date of the employee's start of employment
with the Borough.
B. Promotion of existing employees. Notwithstanding the
prospective application as to the remainder of this section as applied
above, no elected official may participate in the promotion or hiring
process in that department of any existing employee who is a relative
of such elected official. Such elected official shall abstain from
participation in such personnel action as it applies to such relative.
C. No person who is a relative of any employee, as defined
above, shall be considered for employment by the Borough of Haledon
where one of said relatives will be in a supervisory position over
the other.
D. No employee who is a relative of another employer
shall be eligible for a promotion to a position which would create
a supervisory conflict.
This policy is not for the purposes of depriving
any citizen of an equal chance for employment with the Borough but
is solely intended to eliminate the potential for preferential treatment
of the relatives of elected officials.
Except as may be otherwise expressly provided
for herein, this article shall not affect the employment of any present
Borough employees and/or any existing contractual obligations with
employees by the Borough of Haledon.