126-16. Equal opportunity for employment and compensation by State departments and agencies and local political subdivisions.
All State agencies, departments, and institutions and all local political subdivisions of North Carolina shall give equal opportunity for employment and compensation, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, or genetic information to all persons otherwise qualified. (1971, c. 823; 1975, c. 158; 1977, c. 866, s. 7; 1979, c. 862, s. 3; 1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1116, s. 111; 1985, c. 571, s. 2; 1991, c. 65, s. 6; 2013-382, s. 7.1.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 126 - North Carolina Human Resources Act
Article 6 - Equal Employment and Compensation Opportunity; Assisting in Obtaining State Employment.
§ 126-16.1 - Equal employment opportunity training.
§ 126-17 - Retaliation by State departments and agencies and local political subdivisions.
§ 126-18 - Compensation for assisting person in obtaining State employment barred; exception.