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Article 1 - State Human Resources System Established.
§ 126-1 - Purpose of Chapter; application to local employees. - 126-1. Purpose of Chapter; application to local employees. It is...
§ 126-1.1 - Career State employee defined. - 126-1.1. Career State employee defined. (a) For the purposes of...
§ 126-2 - State Human Resources Commission. - 126-2. State Human Resources Commission. (a) There is hereby established...
§ 126-3 - Office of State Human Resources established and responsibilities outlined; administration and supervision; appointment, compensation and tenure of Director. - 126-3. Office of State Human Resources established and responsibilities outlined;...
§ 126-4 - Powers and duties of State Human Resources Commission. - 126-4. Powers and duties of State Human Resources Commission. Subject...
§ 126-5 - Employees subject to Chapter; exemptions. - 126-5. Employees subject to Chapter; exemptions. [Effective until January 1,...
§ 126-6.2 - Reports. - 126-6.2. Reports. (a) Beginning January 1, 1998, and annually thereafter,...
§ 126-6.3 - Temporary employment needs of Cabinet and Council of State agencies; use of the Temporary Solutions Program. - 126-6.3. Temporary employment needs of Cabinet and Council of State...
Article 2 - Salaries, Promotions, and Leave of State Employees.
§ 126-7.1 - Posting requirement; State employees receive priority consideration; reduction-in-force; Work First hiring; reorganization through reduction. - 126-7.1. Posting requirement; State employees receive priority consideration; reduction-in-force; Work...
§ 126-7.3 - Annual compensation surveys. - 126-7.3. Annual compensation surveys. To guide the Governor and the...
§ 126-8 - Minimum leave granted State employees. - 126-8. Minimum leave granted State employees. The amount of vacation...
§ 126-8.1 - Paid leave for certain athletic competition. - 126-8.1. Paid leave for certain athletic competition. (a) As used...
§ 126-8.2 - Replacement of law-enforcement officer on final sick leave. - 126-8.2. Replacement of law-enforcement officer on final sick leave. When...
§ 126-8.3 - Voluntary shared leave. - 126-8.3. Voluntary shared leave. (a) The State Human Resources Commission,...
§ 126-8.4 - (See note on condition precedent) No sick leave taken for absences by State employees resulting from adverse reactions to vaccination. - 126-8.4. (See note on condition precedent) No sick leave taken...
§ 126-8.5 - Discontinued service retirement allowance and severance wages for certain State employees. - 126-8.5. Discontinued service retirement allowance and severance wages for certain...
Article 3 - Local Discretion as to Local Government Employees.
§ 126-9 - County or municipal employees may be made subject to rules adopted by local governing body. - 126-9. County or municipal employees may be made subject to...
§ 126-10 - Personnel services to local governmental units. - 126-10. Personnel services to local governmental units. The State Human...
§ 126-11 - Local personnel system may be established; approval and monitoring; rules and regulations. - 126-11. Local personnel system may be established; approval and monitoring;...
Article 4 - Competitive Service.
§ 126-12 - Governor and Council of State to determine competitive service. - 126-12. Governor and Council of State to determine competitive service....
Article 5 - Political Activity of Employees.
§ 126-13 - Appropriate political activity of State employees defined. - 126-13. Appropriate political activity of State employees defined. (a) As...
§ 126-14 - Promise or threat to obtain political contribution or support. - 126-14. Promise or threat to obtain political contribution or support....
§ 126-14.1 - Threat to obtain political contribution or support. - 126-14.1. Threat to obtain political contribution or support. (a) It...
§ 126-14.2 - Political hirings limited. - 126-14.2. Political hirings limited. (a) It is the policy of...
§ 126-14.3 - Open and fair competition. - 126-14.3. Open and fair competition. The State Human Resources Commission...
§ 126-15 - Disciplinary action for violation of Article. - 126-15. Disciplinary action for violation of Article. Failure to comply...
Article 6 - Equal Employment and Compensation Opportunity; Assisting in Obtaining State Employment.
§ 126-16 - Equal opportunity for employment and compensation by State departments and agencies and local political subdivisions. - 126-16. Equal opportunity for employment and compensation by State departments...
§ 126-16.1 - Equal employment opportunity training. - 126-16.1. Equal employment opportunity training. Each State agency, department, and...
§ 126-17 - Retaliation by State departments and agencies and local political subdivisions. - 126-17. Retaliation by State departments and agencies and local political...
§ 126-18 - Compensation for assisting person in obtaining State employment barred; exception. - 126-18. Compensation for assisting person in obtaining State employment barred;...
§ 126-19 - Equal employment opportunity plans; reports; maintenance of services by Director of the Office of State Human Resources. - 126-19. Equal employment opportunity plans; reports; maintenance of services by...
Article 7 - The Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records.
§ 126-22 - Personnel files not subject to inspection under § 132-6. - 126-22. Personnel files not subject to inspection under 132-6. (a)...
§ 126-23 - Certain records to be kept by State agencies open to inspection[Effective until January 1, 2023] - 126-23. Certain records to be kept by State agencies open...
§ 126-24 - Confidential information in personnel files; access to such information. - 126-24. Confidential information in personnel files; access to such information....
§ 126-25 - Remedies of employee objecting to material in file. - 126-25. Remedies of employee objecting to material in file. (a)...
§ 126-26 - Rules and regulations. - 126-26. Rules and regulations. The State Human Resources Commission shall...
§ 126-27 - Penalty for permitting access to confidential file by unauthorized person. - 126-27. Penalty for permitting access to confidential file by unauthorized...
§ 126-28 - Penalty for examining, copying, etc., confidential file without authority. - 126-28. Penalty for examining, copying, etc., confidential file without authority....
§ 126-29 - Access to material in file for agency hearing. - 126-29. Access to material in file for agency hearing. A...
§ 126-30 - Fraudulent disclosure and willful nondisclosure on application for State employment; penalties. - 126-30. Fraudulent disclosure and willful nondisclosure on application for State...
Article 8 - Employee Appeals of Grievances and Disciplinary Action.
§ 126-34.01 - Grievance; resolution. - 126-34.01. Grievance; resolution. Any State employee having a grievance arising...
§ 126-34.02 - Grievance appeal process; grounds. - 126-34.02. Grievance appeal process; grounds. (a) Once a final agency...
§ 126-34.2 - Alternative dispute resolution. - 126-34.2. Alternative dispute resolution. In its discretion, the Commission may...
§ 126-34.3 - Judicial review of fee awards. - 126-34.3. Judicial review of fee awards. With respect to a...
§ 126-35 - Just cause; disciplinary actions for State employees. - 126-35. Just cause; disciplinary actions for State employees. (a) No...
Article 10 - Interchange of Governmental Employees.
§ 126-51 - Short title. - 126-51. Short title. This Article shall be known and may...
§ 126-52 - Definitions. - 126-52. Definitions. For purposes of this Article: (1) "Assigned employee"...
§ 126-53 - Authority to interchange employees. - 126-53. Authority to interchange employees. (a) Any division, department, agency,...
§ 126-54 - Status of employees of sending agency. - 126-54. Status of employees of sending agency. (a) Employees of...
§ 126-55 - Travel expenses of employees from this State. - 126-55. Travel expenses of employees from this State. A sending...
§ 126-56 - Status of employees of other governments. - 126-56. Status of employees of other governments. (a) When a...
§ 126-57 - Travel expenses of employees of other governments. - 126-57. Travel expenses of employees of other governments. A receiving...
§ 126-58 - Administration. - 126-58. Administration. The State Human Resources Commission and any State...
Article 12 - Work Options Program for State Employees.
§ 126-74 - Work Options Program established. - 126-74. Work Options Program established. There is established a Work...
§ 126-75 - Work options for State employees. - 126-75. Work options for State employees. (a) The following work...
§ 126-76 - Promoting Work Options Program. - 126-76. Promoting Work Options Program. The State Human Resources Commission...
§ 126-77 - Authority of agencies to participate. - 126-77. Authority of agencies to participate. The State Human Resources...
§ 126-78 - Administration. - 126-78. Administration. The State Human Resources Commission and any State...
Article 13 - Veteran's Preference.
§ 126-80 - Declaration of policy. - 126-80. Declaration of policy. It shall be the policy of...
§ 126-80.5 - National Guard preference. - 126-80.5. National Guard preference. (a) It shall be the policy...
§ 126-81 - Definitions. - 126-81. Definitions. The following definitions apply in this Article: (1)...
§ 126-82 - State Human Resources Commission to provide for preference. - 126-82. State Human Resources Commission to provide for preference. (a)...
§ 126-83 - Exceptions. - 126-83. Exceptions. Notwithstanding G.S. 126-5, and notwithstanding provisions in that...
Article 14 - Protection for Reporting Improper Government Activities.
§ 126-84 - Statement of policy. - 126-84. Statement of policy. (a) It is the policy of...
§ 126-85 - Protection from retaliation. - 126-85. Protection from retaliation. (a) No head of any State...
§ 126-86 - Civil actions for injunctive relief or other remedies. - 126-86. Civil actions for injunctive relief or other remedies. Any...
§ 126-87 - Remedies. - 126-87. Remedies. A court, in rendering a judgment in an...
§ 126-88 - Notice of employee protections and obligations. - 126-88. Notice of employee protections and obligations. It shall be...
Article 15 - Communications With Members of the General Assembly.
§ 126-90 - Communications with members of the General Assembly. - 126-90. Communications with members of the General Assembly. A State...
Article 16 - Flexible Compensation Plan.
§ 126-95 - Flexible compensation plan. - 126-95. Flexible compensation plan. (a) The Director of the Budget...