(A) Employees who are relatives of an elected official or department head may not be employed by the town in a position that results in one relative being in the direct line of supervision of the other relative (I.C. 36-1-20.2).
(B) DIRECT LINE OF SUPERVISION means an elected official or department head who is in a position to affect the terms and conditions of another individual’s employment, including making decisions about work assignments, compensation, grievances, advancement or performance evaluation. The term does not include the responsibilities of the executive, legislative body or fiscal body of the town, as provided by law, to make decisions regarding salary ordinances, budgets or personnel policies of the town.
(C) EMPLOYED means an individual who is employed by the town on a full-time, part-time, temporary, intermittent or hourly basis. The term does not include an individual who holds only an elected office. The term includes an employee who is a party to an employment contract with the town.
(D) RELATIVE means any of the following:
(1) A spouse;
(2) A parent or stepparent;
(3) A child or stepchild;
(4) A brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister, stepbrother or stepsister;
(5) A niece or nephew;
(6) An aunt or uncle;
(7) A daughter-in-law or son-in-law; and
(8) An adopted child is considered the same as natural child of the individual.
(E) This policy does not apply to employees in their current positions as of 6-30-2012 unless the employee has a break in employment.
(F) If an employee is absent from workplace while on paid or unpaid leave, including vacation, sick or family medical leave or worker’s compensation or employment with the town is terminated followed by immediate reemployment by the town, without loss of payroll time, then he or she is not considered to have a break in employment.
(Ord. 2016-07, passed 12-28-2016)