NUMBER:   HR 1.27
SECTION:  Human Resources     

SUBJECT:  Nepotism                               

DATE:     December 1990 (Rev.)
REVISED:  July 1, 1995
                     
Policy for:     All Campuses
Procedure for:  All Campuses
Authorized by:  Jane M. Jameson
Issued by:      Division of Human Resources
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I.   Policy

     A.   This document sets forth the University of South
Carolina policy concerning the employment, promotion, or
discipline of family members, pursuant to Section 8-13-750 of the
1976 South Carolina Code of Laws, as Amended, and regulations of
the South Carolina Office of Human Resources.

     B.   No public official, public member, or public employee
may cause the employment, appointment, promotion, transfer, or
advancement of a family member to a state or local office or
position in which the public official, public member, or public
employee supervises or manages.

     C.   A public official, public member, or public employee
may not participate in an action relating to the discipline of
the public official's, public member's, or public employee's
family member.

     D.   For purposes of this policy family member means an
individual who is:
          1.   the spouse, parent, brother, sister, child,
mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law,
grandparent, or grandchild: or
          2.   a member of the individual's immediate family. 
Immediate family is defined as follows:
               (a)  a child residing in a public official's,
public member's, or public employee's household; or
               (b)  a spouse of a public official, public member,
or public employee; or
               (c)  an individual claimed by the public official,
public member, or public employee or the candidate's, public
official's, public member's, or public employee's spouse as a
dependent for income tax purposes.




To obtain an official copy of this policy please contact the USC
Division of Human Resources.

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