USPS: Do you know the rules on nepotism in the workplace?
Reporting relationships between relatives can raise workplace environment concerns beyond ethics regulations.
Reporting relationships
USPS: If a relative reports to you, there can be no favoritism
USPS employees cannot hire, supervise or promote a relative under federal ethics rules.
USPS prohibits nepotism in the workplace: Employees can’t hire or promote a relative
August 16, 2024 The Postal Service is marking USPS Ethics Awareness Week by reminding employees that nepotism is prohibited in the workplace. Under the rules, USPS employees cannot hire or promote a relative, which is defined as a spouse, parent, child, sibling, aunt, uncle, cousin, niece, nephew, in-law, stepparent, stepsibling or half sibling. Employees are … Read more