As used in this policy, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
RELATIVE
Includes spouses, parents/children, siblings, grandparents/grandchildren,
in-laws to the extent of parents or children, brothers/sisters-in-law,
aunts/uncles, nieces/nephews.
SUPERVISOR
Any employee of the Borough having supervisory duties and
authority over another employee or employees within the respective
department of the Borough.
The following restrictions shall apply in the
hiring of employees to employment positions in the Borough of Bradley
Beach:
A. Supervision. No relative (as defined herein) shall
be considered for employment by the Borough of Bradley Beach or hired
to a position of employment with the Borough 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 Borough employees holding current supervisory positions
(hereinafter) will not be accepted for positions in the same department
of the Borough in which the supervisor works or where such a situation
or relationship could exist.
C. Relatives of elected officials. No person who is a
relative of an elected official of the Borough of Bradley Beach (Mayor
and Council) 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 Mayor or Councilperson after
the date of the employee's start of employment with the Borough.
D. Promotion of existing employees. Notwithstanding the
prospective application as to the remainder of this policy as applied
above, no elected official (Mayor and 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 Borough but
is intended to avoid the potential for preferential treatment of the
relatives of governmental personnel.
Except as may be otherwise expressly provided
for herein, this policy shall not affect the employment of any present
Borough employees and/or any existing contractual obligations with
employees by the Borough of Bradley Beach.