I ran into a situation where I fell under a museum's conflict of interest policy becasue I was living with a staff member (not married). However, their benefits policy excluded me from health insurance since I was living with them and not married!! Please get all of your policies in harmony. Marc American Conservation Consortium, Ltd. 4 Rockville Road Broad Brook, CT 06016 www.conservator.com 860-386-6058 *Collections Preservation Consultation *Conservation Assessments & Surveys *Low-Tech Environmental Control *Moisture Management Solutions *Collections in Historic Structures *Collections Care Grant Preparation *Conservation Treatment of: Furniture Painted Wood Horse-Drawn Vehicles Architectural Interiors Marc A. Williams, President MS in Art Conservation, Winterthur Museum Program Former Chief Wooden Object Conservator, Smithsonian Institution Fellow, American Institute for Conservation (AIC) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Svadlenak" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 4:00 PM Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Nepotism Policy > Wesley: > Despite having a nepotism policy in place that defined immediate family > members (which I thought was quite clear) I ran into a problem years ago > when a staff member hired her son's 17 year old girlfriend (who happened > to > be the mother of the staff member's grandchild). The staff member argued > that the young woman was not family--since her son and the girlfriend were > not legally married, despite the fact that they all lived under the same > roof with the museum employee. You might want to include "immediate > family > members, their partners and their children", but sadly, I fear that anyone > who doesn't "get it", and hires their family member (cousins or whatever > relation) is not someone you want on your staff long term. > > Good Luck! > > Jean Svadlenak > Consultant to Museums > Kansas City, Missouri > [log in to unmask] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On > Behalf Of Wesley Creel > Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 2:04 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Nepotism Policy > > > Good Afternoon All, > 1.) Does your museum have a Board approved....or Governing Authority > approved policy, regarding nepotism in the workplace? Our museum has a > nepotism policy that refers to immediate family, but it does NOT define > what > is > an immediate family. > 2.) As you can well imagine, there is always someone who may ask the > question, "What is the museum's definition of immediate family?" Before we > go > off and re-invent the wheel.......I would appreciate receiving a > definition > of "immediate family" that has been approved by a board or governing > authority. > 3.) Our attorney has suggested that we use the following: > "Parents, brothers, sisters, children, relatives supported financially, > father-in- > law, mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and brother-in-law." This definition is > incorporated in the National Association of Securities Dealers Rules of > Fair > Practice on abuses of hot issues through such practices as Freeriding and > Withholding. The ruling prohibits the sale of such securities to members > of > a > broker-dealer's own family or to persons buying and selling for > institutional > accounts and their families. This definition looks good....BUT..... > 4.) It should be noted that the definition in paragraph #3 would allow > the > hiring of 1st cousins.........Being a "Southern Boy" I can tell you that > no > Southerners were present when the National Association of Securities > Dealers > wrote that definition......because in a Southern kinship system cousins > are "almost" like brothers and sisters......Being located in the heart of > the Mid- > South, you can appreciate why we are taking care in writing this > definition. > Thanks for your time and consideration and.... > Have a wonderful weekend! > Wesley > Wesley S. Creel > Administrator of Programs > Pink Palace Family of Museums > Memphis, TN > www.memphismuseums.org > office 901.320.6370 > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . 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