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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. 21 of 1997
(Prohibiting employment of relatives)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2.52.200 OF THE SALT LAKE
CITY CODE, RELATING TO PROHIBITING EMPLOYMENT OF RELATIVES.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah:
SECTION 1. That Section 2.52.200 of the Salt Lake City Code, relating to
prohibiting employment of relatives, be, and the same hereby is, amended as
follows:
2.52.200 Prohibiting employment of relatives.
A. Definitions. For purposes of this section:
(1) "Applicant" means an individual who has applied for an
employment position with the City.
(2) "Employee" means any elected official, person paid on an
hourly or salaried basis by the City or a volunteer of the City. Independent
contractors are not employees.
(3) "Relative" means a father, mother, husband, wife, son,
daughter, sister, brother, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, grandparent,
grandchild, half-brother, half-sister, first cousin, mother-in-law, father-in-
law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law.
2.52.210 Recommending or hiring relatives prohibited.
No City employee may hire or recommend the hiring of an applicant, who
is also a relative to the employee, to any position of employment with the City, if
the applicant will be directly supervised by the employee or the employee has
direct authority to process, review or affect the salary or other compensation and
benefits of the applicant, except as follows:
(1) The applicant is subject to the Civil Service Laws which
cover employment in the police and fire departments; or
(2) The applicant is an unpaid volunteer.
2.52.220 Direct supervision or direct involvement regarding compensation
and benefits of relatives is prohibited.
A. Applicants/Employees. No applicant for a position of
employment with the City and no employee, may accept or retain employment or
a position with the City, if the applicant or employee will be under the direct
supervision of a relative or a relative has direct authority to process, review or
affect salary or other compensation and benefits of the applicant or employee
except as follows:
(1) The applicant or employee is subject to the Civil Service
Laws which cover employees in the police and fire departments; or
(2) The applicant or employee is an unpaid volunteer.
B. Direct supervision of relatives or direct involvement regarding
relatives' compensation and benefits. No employee may directly supervise
another employee who is a relative or have direct authority to process, review or
affect the salary or other compensation and benefits of an applicant or employee
who is a relative except as follows:
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(1) The employee to be supervised or whose compensation
may be affected is subject to the Civil Service Laws which cover
employment in the police and fire departments; or
(2) The employee to be supervised or whose benefits may be
affected is an unpaid volunteer.
2.52.230 Relatives involved in City financial control procedures.
Applicants or employees may not be hired, promoted or reassigned to a
position with the City if the applicant or employee would, as a result of the hiring,
promotion, or reassignment, be directly involved in financial control procedures
of the City with an employee who is a relative.
2.52.240 Applications contain disclosure.
The application for employment or promotion or reassignment with the
City shall require the disclosure of the relationship of the applicant to any
employee of the City.
2.52.250 Penalty of termination.
Violations of this chapter shall be grounds for termination of City
employment.
SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall take effect on the
date of first publication.
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Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, this
May , 1997.
ATTEST:
CHIEF DEPUTY C TY RECORDER
Transmitted to the Mayor on 5-13-97
Mayor's Action: xxx Approved.
ATTEST:
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CHIEF''_ TYCI YI
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Bill No. 21 of 1997.
Published: May 30, 1997
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