2.7 Nepotism

To state the Board’s policy on nepotism.

All employees of TBPL.

It is the policy of the Thunder Bay Public Library not to hire, transfer, promote or demote any person to a position where that person is closely related to the immediate supervisor. In the case of the CEO, the immediate supervisor will mean a member of the Board of Directors.

This includes hiring, transfers, promotions and demotions for full-time, part-time, temporary, and page positions. In addition, Thunder Bay Public Library staff and Board members shall not act as employment references for closely related family members.

Definitions: “Closely related” will be interpreted to mean parents (including step-parents, grandparents), spouse (including common-law spouse), children (including step-children,

grandchildren), brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews, father-in-law, mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law.