Reporting
of Relationships
| Effective Date: |
06.19.1974 |
Revision Date: |
06.17.2003 |
| Chapter Name: |
Employment
/ Affirmative Action |
Policy Number: |
3.1.6 |
| Policy Name: |
Reporting
of Relationships |
| A
PDF version of this policy is available
via this link. |
UNIVERSITY POLICY STATEMENT
The following policy shall govern married, domestic
partners, or consanguineous (parent, offspring,
or sibling) persons and persons involved in domestic
partner relationships who are appointed to or are
already members of the faculty and staff of Eastern
Michigan University.
Marriage or consanguinity to an Eastern Michigan
University employee or employee involvement in a
domestic partner relationship shall be considered
neither a qualification nor a disqualification for
employment at Eastern Michigan University.
University personnel, who are employed in the same
instructional department, office, or administrative
unit of the University with a member or members
of their family (husband, wife, offspring, or sibling)
or with a domestic partner, shall not participate
in recommendations or decisions of direct concern
to a member or members of their family or their
domestic partner. As used herein, "of
direct concern" includes, but is not limited
to, such matters as appointment, retention, tenure,
dismissal, salary, promotion, leave of absence,
evaluation, and sabbatical leave.
The dean, director, or account executive, together
with the vice president for business
and finance, shall have the authority
and responsibility to ensure that no
member of a family or domestic partner has an unchecked
or unreviewed responsibility for any matters relating
to University audits, financial records, payroll,
or inventory of goods and supplies of another member
of the family or of the employee’s
domestic partner. The vice president for business
and finance may issue rules to be published
in the University’s Procedures Manual
in carrying out this responsibility.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR IMPLEMENTATION
The Executive Director of Human Resources, Assistant
Vice President for Academic Affairs and University
Supervisors has primary responsibility for implementing
and enforcing this policy. Further, it is
the individual responsibility of each University
employee to disclose relationships that may violate
this policy.
SCOPE OF POLICY COVERAGE
The policy covers all University Employees.
| Authority
for Creation or Revision: |
|
Minutes of the Board of Regents: June 19,
1974, para. .1384M. December 6, 1989,
para. .4134M. June 17, 2003,
para. .6132M.
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