Auraria Higher Education Center

Office of the Executive Vice President for Administration

Administrative Policies and Procedures

Policy #2

Nepotism

Revised: March 8, 1999

EVPA Signature:   

Policy #2

Nepotism

The Auraria Higher Education Center and all its divisions will recruit and hire the most qualified person for all positions. Consideration shall be based on merit. Family relationship will not be used as a basis for granting privilege or denying rights or benefits of employment, since that would constitute nepotism.

An AHEC employee will not serve on a screening committee for a position for which an immediate family member has applied (see definition below). An AHEC employee will not provide direct or indirect supervision to a member of his/her immediate family. This applies to all employees, classified, non-classified (exempt), temporary or student.

The term immediate family member, for purposes of this policy, means:

grandparent, parent, father/mother-in-law, spouse, significant other living at the same address, child, step-child, sibling, step-sibling, niece/nephew, grandchild, or cousin.

AHEC Human Resources Department should be consulted whenever a question of possible nepotism presents itself. All AHEC employees are responsible for prevention of nepotism. This policy will be implemented on the date shown above and shall supersede all previous nepotism policies and procedures.