Purpose:

The primary objective of this policy  is to define a transparent framework for potential hiring of family members of any current full-time employee of Uplers Solutions Private.

Scope:

This policy covers guidelines for hiring any potential candidates who share either one of the three types of relationship with any current full-time employee of Uplers. 

  1. Direct Family Relations

  2. Indirect Family Relations

  3. Partners

Defination:

Personal Relationship

D
irect Family

Any family members who are directly related to a current full-time employee of Uplers, such as Biological/Step Siblings, Parent, Spouse, or Offspring are known as the Direct family. 

Partners

Any relationship where a current full-time employee of Uplers shares a romantic relationship or acts as domestic partners with another individual can be defined as relationship where both individuals are Partners

Indirect Family

Any family members who are related to a current full-time employee of Uplers but don’t share a Direct Family Relationship or are not a Partners, falls under Indirectly family.

 

Professional Relationship

 

Direct Supervision

If Employee X directly reports to Employee Y, X can be defined as a direct supervision of Y

Indirect Supervision

If Employee X directly reports to Employee Y, and Y directly reports to Z, hence X is in indirect supervision of Z.

Restricted Category 

Any employee who belong to the below followings departments fall under Restricted category 

  1. People & Culture – Full Department 

  2. Finance- Full Department 

  3. Talent Acquisition- Full Department 

  4. Payroll – Full Department                                                    

Non-restricted Category 

Any employee who doesn’t fall under Restricted category fall under Non-restricted category

Senior Management

Employees whose designations are Sr. Manager and above fall under the Senior Management Category. 

Vendor

Any entity with whom Uplers Solutions Private Limited is doing business in the form of purchasing any service or product, or providing services or product in exchange for remuneration.

 

General Rules:

  • The rows on the left side are a personal relationship between a current full-time employee of Uplers and the potential candidate for hire.

  • The columns on top define the professional relationship between the current full-time employee of Uplers and the potential candidate for hire.

  • The below tables highlight the hiring criterias on the basis of Personal & Professional Relationship between a current full-time employee of Uplers and a potential candidate, and shows cases where the candidate is eligible to be hired (Yes) or not eligible to be hired (No).

Restricted Category Hiring Rules

Relationship

Same Department

Same Supervision (Indirect & Direct)

Any other Department

Direct Family Relations

No

No

No

Indirect Family Relations

No

No

No

Partners

No

No

No

Non-Restricted Category Hiring Rules

Relationship

Same Department

Same Supervision (Indirect & Direct)

Any other Department

Direct Family Relations

Yes

No

Yes

Indirect Family Relations

Yes

No

Yes

Partners

Yes

No

Yes

Senior Management

Relationship

Same Department

Same Supervision (Indirect & Direct)

Any other Department

Direct Family Relations

No

No

Yes

Indirect Family Relations

No

No

Yes

Partners

No

No

Yes

Vendor – Employee Relationship Criteria

Relationship(s)

Condition(s)

Direct Family Relations

No

Indirect Family Relations

No

Partners

No

Restricted Category

No

Checkpoints:

  • Employees should also do a self declaration at the time of hiring whether or not they are associated with any one in the organization. 

  • Such relation instances at the time of hiring should be raised by the Talent Acquisition team and prior approval needs to be taken by the People and Culture department head if there is any exemption to be made.

  • Any instance where joining is done then HRBP should raise the concern with the People and Culture department head and necessary action should be taken.

Ownership, Review & Approval:

This Policy is owned and administered by the People and Culture department and must be reviewed and updated (at least every 12 months). Any exceptions in the policy depend on the sole right of the Associate Director- People & Culture only.

Uplers reserves the right to update this policy periodically. 

Version

Drafted by

Reviewer

Approver

1.1

Amrita Haldar | Subhayan Chanda | Garima Singh

Paritosh Vaishnav

Nital Shah