[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.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Persons holding the position of Mayor or Township Council.
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.
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.
