Reminder - Family and Romantic Relationships at Work Policy

June 18, 2025

Reminder: City’s Policy on Family and Romantic Relationships at Work

At SFO, maintaining appropriate boundaries between personal, family, and professional relationships is essential to fostering a fair, equitable, and trustworthy work environment. When employees uphold these boundaries, it helps ensure a workplace that:

  • Promotes fairness, equity, and safety
  • Supports high employee morale
  • Strengthens trust in the City and County of San Francisco’s (City) merit-based employment system

As one of the largest employers in the region, it's not uncommon for family members or romantic partners to work within the City. While this is generally acceptable, concerns can arise if one individual is involved in employment decisions that affect the other, which can lead to potential issues of nepotism, favoritism, or conflicts of interest.

To prevent such concerns, employees may not make, participate in making, or influence any employment decision involving a family member or romantic partner.

To support transparency and uphold the City’s commitment to a fair workplace, employees are strongly encouraged to proactively disclose any current or potential personal relationships that may intersect with their professional roles. Disclosure is not punitive – it’s a tool to help protect both you and the integrity of our work.

What You Need to Know

  • If you are currently in, or anticipate entering into, a relationship that may fall under this policy, please notify your supervisor as soon as possible. (Family and Romantic Relationships at Work Policy)
  • To support policy compliance, you must complete the Family and Romantic Relationship Disclosure Form by contacting the Airport’s Employee and Labor Relations (ELR) team.

Resources

If you have any questions or would like to speak confidentially about a potential situation, please reach out to the ELR team via email SFO-EmployeeLaborRelations@flysfo.com or telephone at (650) 821-2000.