Is it legal if my boss has hired his children for summer jobs at our company?
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Is it legal if my boss has hired his children for summer jobs at our company?
Unless such an action is prohibited under the terms of a union agreement or employment contract,hiring family membersis legal.The fact is that in an ‘at will’ employment arrangement, a company can set the conditions of the workplace much as it sees fit. This includes nepotism.
Asked on June 3, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, Massachusetts
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M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
Is this action prohibited under the terms of any exisiting the terms of a union agreement or employment contract? If not, then it is legal. The fact is that in an "at will" work arrangement, a company can set the conditions of the workplace much as it sees fit (absent doem form of legally actionable discrimination). This includes nepotism (i.e. the hiring of family or friends).
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