Library Contest ineligibility is as follows:
- Employees and their immediate families are not eligible to enter any contest conducted by the library involving a draw, or merit-based competition judged by library staff or board members, where a major prize is awarded.
- During their term on the Board, Halifax Public Libraries board members and their immediate families are not eligible to enter any contest conducted by the library involving a draw, or merit-based competition judged by library staff or board members, where a major prize is awarded.
- Prize winners may be asked to sign a declaration indicating they are not library employees, board members, or their immediate family members.
- The library will include information about contest ineligibility on promotions.
Definitions/Clarifications
Immediate Family: “Immediate family” includes: parents, “common-law partner” (of at least one year) or spouse, brothers or sisters, and children of the employee/board member, and the employee/board member’s partner, grandparents and grandchildren.
Major Prize: A “major prize” is an item valued at more than $20. It does not apply to small incentives offered, or drawn for, during programs or promotional events.
Merit-based contests: Staff, Board members and their immediate families may apply to merit-based contests where blind judging is carried out by a panel of independent community members who are not employees of the library, or Board members.
