[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Haddon 3-18-2008 by Ord. No. 1209. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
The Mayor and Commissioners of the Township
of Haddon declare that an anti-nepotism policy should be enacted.
Wherever and whenever this chapter mentions
or references "family member" or "relative," same refers to a spouse;
child; parent; sibling; grandparent; grandchild; father-in-law; mother-in-law;
brother-in-law; sister-in-law; stepfather; stepmother; stepsibling;
half-brother; half-sister; nephew; niece; first cousin; aunt; uncle;
foster child; domestic partner or cohabitant as defined by the New
Jersey Civil Union Act.
A.Â
No person who is a relative or family member of any
elected official of the Township shall be considered for employment
as an employee of the Township. This applies to full-time, part-time,
and seasonal employment. This shall not restrict nor prohibit the
continued employment of individuals to a position or positions with
the Township where a relative of a permanent employee is elected after
the date of the permanent employee's start date of employment with
the Township.
B.Â
No elected official can serve as liaison to any department
that employs any member of that elected official's family.
C.Â
No municipal employee shall be in a position that
provides supervision over a member of his or her family. This precludes
the acceptance of applications for full-time, part-time or seasonal
employment from relatives for positions in the same department where
supervision conflicts exist or, through promotion, potential conflict
could exist. This policy does not apply to present employees of the
Township.
D.Â
These policies are not for the purpose of depriving
any citizen of an equal chance for a government job, but solely to
eliminate the potential for preferential treatment of the relatives
of government personnel or elected officials. These policies will
not deprive any permanent employee as of the date of these policies
of any promotional right in the normal career development nor change
the existing status of any permanent employee. None of these policies
apply to any unpaid volunteer positions.
No elected official or supervisor may participate
in the promotion process, or any other personnel matter, of any existing
municipal employee who is a relative or family member of such elected
official or supervisor.
No relative or family member of an elected official
shall be appointed to the position of any municipal professional who
receives compensation, or to any board or commission which has more
than an advisory role and/or one in which the members receive compensation.
All statements, complaints, requests or other
written materials filed pursuant to this chapter, or other official
papers prepared pursuant to this chapter, shall be preserved for a
period of at least five years from the date of filing or preparation.
