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Council hears proposed employee-handbook updates on nepotism disclosure, driving-record checks and social media limits
Summary
Human resources staff introduced proposed additions to the city employee handbook including a motor-vehicle driving-record policy, nepotism disclosure language, vaping added to the smoke-free policy and clarified social-media rules; council members raised questions about grievance and photographing coworkers at events.
Carrie Garrett of the city’s human-resources staff presented proposed additions to the West Columbia employee handbook on Oct. 7 that would add nepotism-disclosure language, a motor-vehicle driving-record policy, vaping to the smoke-free workplace policy and clarifications to the social-media policy.
Garrett said the driving-record policy will allow the city to check driving records annually for employees who regularly drive city vehicles, which brings the city into compliance with its…
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