Hiring Relatives/Team Member Relationships

A familial relationship among team members can create an actual or at least a potential conflict of interest in the employment setting, especially where one relative supervises another relative. To avoid this problem, Southwest Care Center may refuse to hire or place a relative in a position where the potential for favoritism or conflict exists.

In other cases, such as personal relationships where a conflict or the potential for conflict arises, even if there is no supervisory relationship involved, the parties may be separated by reassignment or discharged from employment, at the discretion of the Organization. Accordingly, all parties to any type of intimate personal relationship must inform management.

If two team members marry, become related, or enter into an intimate relationship, they may not remain in a reporting relationship or in positions where one individual may affect the compensation or other terms or conditions of employment of the other individual. The Organization generally will attempt to identify other available positions, but if no alternate position is available, the Organization retains the right to decide which team member will remain with the Organization.

For the purposes of this policy, a relative is any person who is related by blood or marriage, or whose relationship with the team member is similar to that of persons who are related by blood or marriage.

Last Update: 3/1/2024

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