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CHAPTER VIII.

EMPLOYMENT, RECORDS & HRIS

Section 800.001 Authority of the Administrator

The Administrator shall have final authority regarding all employment issues, but for those pertaining to
department directors or employees who report directly to the Commission, including, but not limited to,
hiring, firing, position classifications, discipline, and organization.

Section 800.002 Nature of Employment

Employment with Augusta, Georgia is at-will, meaning that the employee is free to resign at any time for
any or no reason. Similarly, Augusta, Georgia may terminate the employment relationship at any time for
any or no reason, with or without notice or cause, so long as there is no violation of applicable federal or
state law.

Policies set forth are not intended to create a contract, nor are they to be construed to constitute contractual
obligations of any kind or a contract of employment between Augusta, Georgia and any of its employees.
The provisions have been developed at the discretion of management and, except for its policy of
employment-at-will, may be amended or cancelled at any time, at Augusta, Georgia's sole discretion.

Section 800.003 Nepotism

Nepotism is defined as the bestowal of official favors on one’s relatives, especially in hiring.

Augusta, Georgia employees and officials subject to these policies and procedures are prohibited from
engaging in Nepotism. Every candidate for employment must list on their employment application all
persons that are related to them as defined by this section. Relative, for purposes of this section only, is
defined as a spouse, parent, step-parent, parent-in-law, child, step-child, child-in-law, brother, brother-in-
law, sister, sister-in-law, or persons living in the employee's household.

(A) No relative, as defined in this section shall participate in the process of selecting, interviewing,
hiring, promoting, demoting, evaluating or disciplining a relative.

(B) No relative, as defined in this section, shall be placed, or remain in, a position where he or she is
directly supervised, on a daily basis, by another relative.

(C) An applicant for employment will not be hired when the position they would be placed in would
cause him or her to either -

1) be directly supervised on a daily basis by another relative; or
2) directly supervise another relative on a daily basis.

Department Directors, with the approval of the Human Resources Director, are permitted to make
reasonable adjustments to allow related persons to work together in their departments in accordance with
the provisions of this section. However, Department Directors shall not be required to take unreasonable
steps to permit the employment of related persons in their department.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to repeal or modify the Code of Ethics contained in AUGUSTA,
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