Any person who is a relative of an elected official, department
head, managerial executive or unclassified supervisory employee shall
not be appointed, hired, employed or permitted to work for the municipality
in any unclassified position.
Current employees of the Township, because of the fact that
they enjoy vested rights in their employment, shall be exempt from
the provisions hereof. Should said employment terminate, however,
any future reemployment shall be subject to these provisions. It shall
be the affirmative duty of both an elected official, department head,
managerial executive, unclassified supervisor employee or employee,
and a relative of same seeking employment, to immediately disclose
any circumstances which may constitute a violation of this policy.
Failure to do so will result in appropriate disciplinary and/or legal
action and shall be grounds for termination from employment if not
discovered until post-hire.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
RELATIVE
A parent, spouse, child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild,
aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, first or second cousin, in-law or step-relative,
domestic partner, cohabitant, or a person with whom a significant
committed relationship exists.