MCCB POLICIES

MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD POLICIES AND PROCEDURES MANUAL

Section 2: Staff Employment

Title: Nepotism

Initial Date of Adoption: October 18, 2013

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Code Number : 2.9

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NEPOTISM

The Mississippi Community College Board recognizes that nepotism is prohibited by state law and is not in the best interests of the public.

Section 25-1-53, Miss. Code Ann. (1972), prohibits the hiring of any person related by blood or marriage within the third degree as computed by civil law for certain specified positions. These persons include spouses, parents, grandparents, great- grandparents, children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, siblings, nieces and nephews, and aunts and uncles.

In addition to the prohibitions contained in Section 25-1-53, MCCB hereby prohibits the hiring of persons who are related to the MCCB executive director or other MCCB employees by blood or marriage within the third degree for any MCCB positions.

Any MCCB employee involved in the recruitment and selection process to fill a position should not be related to a prospective candidate by blood or marriage within the third degree. Any employee involved in the recruitment and selection process who knowingly violates this policy may be subject to disciplinary action, which may include termination. Any applicant who withholds or gives false information regarding familial relationships to MCCB employees may be disqualified from consideration or terminated.