A federal labour board has upheld the firing of a Department of Employment manager for nepotism. No investigation of family hiring in the federal public service government-wide has ever been conducted, though a 2018 survey of employees found it a common practice: ‘It raises the timeless question: Was the culprit sorry for his or her misdeeds, or for having been caught?’
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