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Nepotism Policy 423.01

Nepotism Policy 423.01
Johnson County Community College
Series: 400 Personnel
Section: Employee Conduct and Performance

Applicability: This Policy applies to all Johnson County Community College (“JCCC” or the “College”) applicants for employment and employees.

Purpose: The purpose of this Policy is to avoid actual or perceived unfair treatment of employees resulting from familial relationships, including actual Conflicts of Interest and Perceived or Potential Conflicts of Interest, as defined in the Conflict of Interest Policy 431.00, in JCCC’s employment practices.

Definitions:

"Family Member” shall have the same meaning as in the Conflict of Interest Policy 431.00, and for the purposes of this Policy, also includes a grandparent, parent-in-law, sibling-in-law, child-in-law, and grandchild.

Statement:

It will be considered a Conflict of Interest, as defined in the Conflict of Interest Policy 431.00 and Code of Ethics Policy 114.02, for an employee or member of the Board of Trustees (“Trustee”) to participate in or influence the recruiting, hiring, evaluation, promotion or disciplinary proceeding of a Family Member, or for any applicant to be hired who would have a Family Member serving as their direct supervisor or serving in their direct line of supervisory authority. When such circumstances arise, the employee shall follow Section II and Section V of the Conflict of Interest Policy 431.00 or the Trustee or Designated Officer, as defined in the Code of Ethics Policy 114.02, shall follow Section II and Section V of that policy.. 

No person who is a Family Member of a current Trustee shall be hired as an employee of the College. If an employee has a Family Member who becomes a Trustee, that Trustee will act in accordance with the Code of Ethics Policy 114.02.

If employees become Family Members during their employment at the College and such relationship violates the provisions of this Policy, the College will review the situation on a case-by-case basis and make appropriate reassignments. If the College is unable to accommodate reassignment, the College may require that one of the employees end employment at the College.

Date of Adoption:
Revised: 10/25/1995, 05/02/1996, 11/16/2017, 07/20/2023